It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best since you have to sweat up hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate rememberance of a country you have driven throgh as you gain by riding a bicycle


Ernest Hemingway




Friday, 10 June 2011

Here comes the sun


9th June :San Simeon to Oceana State Beach (57 m)

Quick departure from motel this morning, had to tear myself away from the complimentary breakfast, muffin count reaching dangerously high levels. Grey start to the day but on a mission to find someone to remove sheared rack bolt. Had been told by Bram yesterday about bike shop in Cambria,


soon found it and spoke go owner , used to work in engineering, built bikes , now runs a shop, couldn't script it better , half an hour later old bolt out, relief. Ride today was mainly along highway 1, tailwind and very sunny. Almost like I woke up in a different country, very similar landscape to southern Spain, low brown scrub hills, pine & eucalyptus trees but with wide American palm lined boulevards. Really feels like 'southern' california, busier roads, pools appearing in back gardens. Pretty easy riding meant arriving at campsite by late afternoon, making a welcome change from last few days. Got stung for 35 dollars for campsite as hiker/biker facility here no longer open( usually 5 bucks) Nice campsite though and not in a forest ! Good to have a drama free day today( found our from bike shop guy that highway 1 has been closed for three months because of the slide!) 1770 miles done btw. :)

Highlight of the day: riding Alongside the ocean, bike sorted, warm sun on road, and a taco for lunch.


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  1. Alison14 June 2011 at 12:36

    You really had back luck with our weather - N.California in June is normally lovely!

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