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by Philip Day’s mileage : 68 Running total : 1,830 We had an early start this morning as it’s a (planned) 67 mile day to Lompoc. We had a breakfast of strawberries and then scones and pastries provided by our host. We were away just after 9, and headed out of Los Osos on a…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 51 Running total : 1,762 The Big Sur coastline is a hard act to follow, and as we left it behind this morning, today’s ride felt slightly insubstantial. We cycled 51 miles and saw some wonderful wildlife. I tried to savour every mile but suddenly we had 45 miles behind…
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by Philip Today is an extra rest day! We built it into the schedule knowing that we would have two arduous days getting round the closure at Big Sur, and the hotel we chose is in the most stunning location, right on the cliffs, with views from our room straight out to the ocean. There’s…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 69 Day’s climb : 5,535 ft Running total : 1,711 Some days it’s hard to believe everything that happened belonged all in the same day. Today was one of those days. We set off through vineyards around King City, moved into a US Army reservation, climbed up and over the…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 74 Running total : 1,642 And then there were two! We had set an early alarm this morning, waking at 6am as we have a 69 mile ride to do today to get to King City – the first half of the detour around Big Sur. Cathy had just landed…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 12 + 6 walked Running total : 1,568 Ascent : 1,032ft Saturday. Today Pelican no 3 flew east to fresh hunting grounds. It was a wrench. There were tears all the way back to Del Monte Forest. She’s been a star pelican and now it’s time to regroup and adjust…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 74 Running total : 1,556 Ascent : 5,721ft Friday. We woke this morning to the sound of raindrops, but it turned out it was where the Del Monte Forest had collected the fog and it was dripping from the trees. The fog soon burned off, and we have the prospect…
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by Cathy Day’s mileage : 46 + 17* *Cathy went for a little 17 mile jaunt after our day’s riding Running total : 1,482 Ascent : 2,238ft Thursday. The AirBnB at Aptos last night had a really wonderful fire pit outside with a view of palm trees and a sliver of ocean, and it was…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 40 Running total : 1,436 Ascent : 1,955ft Wednesday. I had wondered, once we reached San Francisco, if our much loved rural landscapes were behind us. The answer seems to be yes and no. Last night I inserted myself into a slightly precipitous top bunk in our dorm at Pigeon…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 49 Running total : 1,396 Ascent : 3,091ft Tuesday. Yesterday evening we ventured out into San Francisco, walking uphill for about 15 blocks and then taking a tram further in, stopping in the Mission district where we did our own thing – Cathy finding a wrap to eat, and Liz…