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Weather forecast: cloudy H21 L 12. Winds SW 3 kph

Humidity: 91%

POP 7%

Departure: Warmshowers hosts in Glasgow

Destination: Longtime friends of Ralph in Dunblane

Planned distance: 52.4 mi 83.8 km

Planned ascent: 409 m 1,342 fr

Planned descent: 342 m 1,122 ft

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Weather: Sunny H20 L 11 Winds SW 5 kph Humidity 92%. POP 0%

Planned distance: 0 km bikes staying at our Warmshowers’s host’s apartment while we toured Glasgow.

Route: Hop on Hop off bus tour of Glasgow

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Weather: H17 C L 7 C Humidity 92%. Wind SE 8 kph

Depart: Days Inn Abington Service Centre

Destination: Warmshowers host in Glasgow

POP 85% at 9 am

Planned distance: 41.6 mi 66.5 km

Planned ascent: 1,335 ft

Planned descent: 2,034 ft

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Weather: Sunny with cloudy periods H 19 L 11 C Humidity 96% wind 3 kph NW

POP 4% during the day.

Departure: The Gables Hotel, Gretna, Scotland

Destination: Days Inn Hotel Abington, Abington Motorway Services Area/M74, South Abington, M12 6RG

Planned mileage: 55.4 mi. 89.1 km

Planned ascent: 1,938 ft

Planned descent: 1,214 ft

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Weather: Raining hard as I type this in Tebay. H17 L11 Winds SE 17kph Humidity 93% (but it IS raining )

Departure: Westmoreland Hotel, Tebay Service Centre

Destination: The Gables Hotel, Gretna, Scotland

Planned distance: 53.2 miles 85.1 km

Planned ascent: 1,385 ft

Planned descent: 2,024 ft

Route: photo from Ride With GPS

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Weather: H22 L 16 humidity 100% (fog at 7am time spot)

POP 24% during the day

Departure: Best Western Preston Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Course

Destination: Westmoreland Hotel, Tebay Service Centre

Planned distance: 51.7 mi 82.7 km

Planned ascent: 2,782

Planned descent: 2,152

Route: photo from Ride With GPS

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Weather: Cloudy with showers H20 L14 Humidity 88% at 6 am Winds SE 10 kph

Planned distance: 53.6 mi 85.7 km

Planned ascent: 853 ft

Planned descent: 827 ft of

Departure: private home in Warrington

Destination: The Best Western Preston Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Course, Bowgreave Drive.

Weather: cloudy with sunny periods. A few showers.

H22 L14 humidity 84%. Wind >5 kph

Departure: Premier Inn Nantwich

Destination: private home in Warrington

Proposed distance: 32 mi 51.6 km

Proposed ascent: 675 ft

Proposed descent: 850 ft

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Weather: Sunny H22 L 13 humidity 88%

Wind SW 14 kph

Precipitation: 20%

Depart: The Lion Inn, Brosley

Destination: Premier Inn, 221 Crewe Rd, Nantwich, CW5 6NE. 0333 321 1335

Planned distance:49.1 mi 78.5 km

Planned ascent: 1,558

Planned decent: 1,919

Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-20

Please see Ralph’s Strava file for actual metrics.

Weather: Sunny H 21 L11 Humidity 91% wind <5 kph

Departure:Hereford

Destination: The Lion Hotel

High Street Brosely TF12 5EZ

Planned distance: 52.1 mi. 83.4 km

Planned ascent: 1,906 ft

Planned descent: 1,601

Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-19

For actual stats pls see Ralph’s ride in the Strava section.

2022 08 18 Day 18 Caldicot to Hereford

Weather:  Cloudy with H23 L 14 Humidity 90% 

65% chance of rain.

Depart: Lychgate BnB 

Destination: Warmshowers host Hereford

Planned distance: 53.7 mi 85.9 km

Planned ascent: 3,383

Planned descent: 3,189

Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-18

For the actual ride pls see Ralph’s ride in the Strava section.

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Weather: H22 L 17 cloudy with 75% chance of rain and thunderstorms. Humidity 93%.

Depart: Gordon’s in Cheddar

Destination: The Lychgate, 47 Church Road, Caldicot, NP26 4HW

Planned Distance: 50.8 mi / 81.3 km

Planned ascent: 1,099 ft

Planned decent: 1,115 ft

Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-17

For actual stats please see Ralph’s Strava file.

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Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-16

Weather: H21 L15 light rain

Winds: < 5 kph

Humidity: 98%

Depart from the Blue Mantle Guesthouse, Wellington.

Destination: Gordons Cliff Street Cheddar BS27 3PT

Planned distance: 39 mi / 63.4 km

Planned ascent: 216 m / 708 feet

Planned decent: 280 m /918 feet

For actual stats see Ralph’s Strava posting

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Weather: cloudy with the possibility of rain starting at 7 am. H 24 L 12 Humidity 76%

Depart: Cherybrook BnB Two Bridges

Destination: The Blue Mantle 2 Mantle Street Wellington TA21 8AW

Planned distance: 50.9 mi 81 km

Planned ascent: 2,602

Planned descent: 3,599

Actual ride see Raloh’s Strava record

Route:

https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-15

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Depart: Hannaforte Point Hotel Looe

Destination: The Cherrybrook, Two Bridges, Yelverton, PL20 6SP (Princetown)

Distance: 44.1 mi. 70.6 km

Planned ascent: 3,100 feet

Planned decent: 1,936 feet

Actuals: See Raloh’a Strava

Route: https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk/august-14

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Weather: Sunny H28 L18

Humidity 51%

Destination: Hannaforte Pointe Hotel, Marine Drive. Looe UK

Planned distance: 48.8 mi. 78.4 km

Planned ascent: 3,327 feet

Planned decent: 3,648

Check out my Corner to Corner, Day 13: Redruth to Looe on Strava: https://strava.app.link/bEKdTwh1wsb

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Weather: Sunny.H25 L17 C humidity 61%

Departure: 9:30 am from The Old Post House St Just

Destination : Redruth

Distance: 37.1 miles. 59.2 km

Planned ascent: 1,499

Planned decent: 1,516

Check out my Corner to Corner, Day 12: St Just to Redruth via Land’s End on Strava: https://strava.app.link/EIPnbda1wsb

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Sunny H25 L17 Humidity 72%

Depart from Penryn University Glasney Rooms

Destination: The Old Post House BnB 24 Bosorne Street St Just. TR19 7LU

Planned ride: 28.4 mi

Planned ascent: 1,617 ft

Planned decent: 1,572

Lorraine’s Actual ride:40.7 mi

(No I didn’t get lost!)

Lorraine’s actual ascent: 1,811

Lorraine’s acrual decent: 2,087

Check out Corner to Corner, Day 11: Penryn to St Just activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/X1z3DZkRpsb

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Weather: Sunny H28 L 16 humidity 84%

Departure: Sportsman Valley hotel in Menheniot

Destination: Glasney Rooms, University Campus, Penryn, Glasney Park Penryn Campus, Treliever Road,Falmouth, TR10 9FE

Planned route: 50.7 miles

Ascent: 4,085 ft

Decent: 3,950 ft

At an AS of 10 mph it should take 5 hours…