Sue's birthday breakfast was in the most traditional of B&Bs and a fair amount of rain was not an ideal present!
The NCN 33 out of Burnham-on-Sea curiously directs you into the sea, perhaps Thorn Cycles need to develop a Chitty Chitty Nomad. In truth, the intention of Sustrans is for cyclists on the NCN33 to venture onto the sand for that ultimate off road experience but an incoming tide, the sheets of rain and seafront warning signs about soft mud and quicksand didn't inspire us today so we opted for Tarmac.
The traffic coming into town as we left was backed up for several miles and made us glad we were on a bike, the first stop was the Tiffin coffee shop in Bleadon. Skirting the south side of the Bleadon Hill, across the M5 we reached the foot of Crooked Peak which is a familiar sight seen from the motorway on the western edge of the Mendips.
You know you are close to home when an old work colleague flags you down for a chat. The last time we met Murray from Bournside school was also coincidental in Kathmandu some years ago when we were all stuck due to the Iceland ash cloud.
We picked up the NCN 26 (Strawberry Line) at Winscombe which took us all the way to Yatton and we were soon in Clevedon for an early evening meal (at 2.30pm! ), an ice cream and probably our last view of the sea in this journey.
Wales looks eerily close and if we had a telescope we may have made out West Usk light house where we stayed on our third night back in March. We checked into Taggart House B&B who had kindly arranged a bowl of Sue's favourite fruits for her birthday. We sat in the hot late afternoon sun, dried out waterproofs, shoes and washing, and just relaxed.
Figures:
Distance:- 48.5 km
Cycle Time:- 3 hours 17 minutes
Average speed:- 14.8 kph
Total Distance:- 6356 km
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