You know you're on a long trip when it gets to the fourth tube of tooth paste! After dumping yet another lot of gear with my mum in Whitstable, it seems we have it just about right, it has only taken 4 months to work it out!
It is fair to say that we both have home-fever and although meeting friends and family is really nice, it seems to dislodge the rythm of our daily routine. With the end point in sight we are cutting the Isle of White short by taking a quick step across the north of the island instead of looping around the south as planned.
Some nice lanes and cycle track took us through Newport and West Cowes.
There is heavy anticipation and much preparation being done for the forthcoming America's Cup sailing clearly dominates the island and the good wind and fine day has brought many yachts out onto the water.
We paused tn the curious Newtown who's Old Town Hall, built in 1699, was the base for the town's two members of Parliament until declared a Rotten Borough in 1832.
On to Yarmouth and a late tea shop resulted in us just missing the ferry back to mainland.
The crossing was very different to our outward journey, the sea glistened in the sun and the Needles appeared clear beyond Hurst Castle.
We had some difficulty getting out of Lymington owing to my poor sense of direction and exacerbation at navigating in busy towns. We eventually arrived at a perfectly secluded Camping Club site and cooked a novel meal involving chorizo, Thai rice and a couple of courgettes we had bought from someone's front garden on route.
Figures:
Distance:- 50.3 km
Cycle Time:- 4 hours 2 minutes
Average speed:- 12.4 kph
Total Distance:- 5420 km
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