This is a magnificent rolling route, with some serious ups and great downs. Fabulous views and one of the best pieces of coastline ever AND no rain!
Today was a real pleasure to ride, the wind was behind us so we made decent time to Tongue our chosen lunchspot being the Brass Tap; which has a Snug Bar downstairs, good service very reasonable food and solid WiFi, (becoming increasingly important and increasingly hard to find!)
One incident stands out in the endleas flows of ups and downs…….as we were approaching one particular summit just before lunch we looked up and saw what looked like a cardboard cut out of a large cow on the hillside. In fact it looked remarkably like the famous black Jarez bull you often see on mountains sides in Spain. It was only when it slowly turned its head towards us and moo’d loudly to its family on the opposite side of the road to get them to join the family group we realised it was for real!
After Tongue the landscape changes gradually and becomes less rugged although the road remains mainly single track with passing places.
The North Coast here is the domain of the boy racer and with the national speed limit in place unleas otherwise stipulated there was no stopping them. But then on the other hand it was Saturday night and what else were you going to do close to home?.
The hotel in Melvich was one of the first buildings we arrived at in the town, plus had bike storage. Good food, decent rooms and plenty of heating to dry out any wet kit remaining from the previous day……plus a fine array of whiskies…..a really good ride after the yesterdays drenching. Happy cyclists!
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