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Departure:Totnes 

Destination: Menheniot Sportsman Valley Hotel

Weather: sunny H26 L14 Humidity 95%

Distance : 39.5 miles 63 km

Ascent : 2,129 feet

Descent: 2,326 feet

AS 8.92 mph

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 9: Brixham to Menheniot activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/KAMTa99Qpsb

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Destination - the beach at Torbay

Weather: H 26 L 13C

Km ridden: 1 km

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 7, Part 1: Leyton to London Paddington activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/YKXqkJUQpsb

Today was a beautiful rest day spent with my cousins in Devon. My cyclist friends can tune out now…

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Departure: N London

Destination: Totnes

Route:

Road bike;Home to Train Station (1.6 mi) Train to Leyton Station; Bike to Paddington Station (9 mi); Train to Exeter; bike to Totnes

Weather: beautiful H 28 L13

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 7, Part 1: Leyton to London Paddington activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/YKXqkJUQpsb

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 7, Par 2: Exeter St David's to Combeteignhead activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/46t64YZQpsb

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 7, Part 3: Combeteignhead to Brixham activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/f9YtkK4Qpsb

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Weather - sunny H24 / L9

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 6, Part 1: Whiz down hill from University of Exeter to Exeter St David's activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/kABlLuJQpsb

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 6, Part 2: London Paddington to Leyton activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/klENquPQpsb

Depart: Exeter University to the train at St David’s station to Paddington; on our bikes back to Ralph’s to swap bikes and sleep.

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Sunny with cloudy periods

H 22/ L 9

Wind 10 kph

Start: The Walnut Tree Hotel North Peterton

Destination: University of Exeter Holland Hall dorm.

53.4 miles/ 85.44 km

AS 8.37 mph

Ascent: 2,116

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 5: North Petherton to Exeter activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/6OFQdiBQpsb

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43.1 miles/67 km

1,180 ft ascent

Sunny with cloudy periods H 22C L 10 C

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 4: Radstock to North Petherton activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/D8BkL2vQpsb

Today turned out to be a perfect cycling day. The weather was perfect, the pavement smooth, nobody had bike issues and our destination - the Walnut Tree Hotel in North Petherton is very comfortable!

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Departed The Three Swans

Destination: Radstock Hotel

Distance 54.8 miles/ 87.7 km

Ascent: 1,650 feet

Riding MTB

Weather: sunny and warm. We has a bit of welcome mist at noon to cool us off. H25 L12 C

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 3: Hungerford to Radstock activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/9y7OZ2qQpsb

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Weather: H 28 cloudy with sun

45 miles

AS 7.65

2,300 ft of ascent (don’t put much credence in this… Garmin, Wahoo and Komoot all give different readings)

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 2: Maidenhead to Hungerford activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/VmADhslQpsb

It all begins with an idea.

Ralph’s Strava: https://strava.app.link/NvTSTNDWosb

Hello

Tomorrow morning at 7 am my British cousin Ralph and I will hop on our heavily loaded mountain bikes and ride to Haven House in London UK. It is the start of our 2,800 mile adventure around the Isle of Great Britain in aid of Haven House Children’s Hospice.

The “About” section of our website explains how I got to this starting point.

Today is the official start of my cycling adventure with my cousin Ralph to four corners of the Isle of Great Britain. Six months ago it wasn’t clear to me what Great Britain was vs the political bits called United Kingdom - we certainly aren’t cycling to Malta - but I have it figured out now.