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by Cathy Day’s mileage : 45 Running total : 1,347 Ascent : 2,228ft Monday. This blog is going to be on the shorter side today because we’ve just arrived in San Francisco and I’m desperate to get out and explore the city. We woke up quite early today as it’s Memorial Day here, and we…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 39 Running total : 1,302 Ascent : 3,304ft Sunday. It wasn’t easy to leave our rest day home in Bodega Bay. The gorgeous view over the bay and the birds that live there had got right under our skin. But an amazing breakfast helped stoke us up and we tore…
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by Philip Saturday. We wondered how late we would sleep on this rest day, as our bedrooms all have plate glass windows with no coverings – but in the end we all slept very well after our long ride yesterday. We began the day with a great breakfast at The Birds Cafe, a five minute…
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by Cathy Day’s mileage : 61 Running total : 1,263 Ascent : 4,685ft Friday. Each day, I wake up and wonder how the new day can be better than the one before. And every day new views, new colours of the sea, new people and new animals make it another one of my favourite days.…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 40 Running total : 1,202 Ascent : 3,968ft Today was a day of coves, cows and more sunshine. We were on Highway 1 for most of the day and it was tranquil, meandering above the ocean and weaving inland. On the coast we crossed numerous bridges with views of turquoise…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 39 Running total : 1,162 Ascent : 2,742ft Wednesday. Having a power cut at a place where we were staying was definitely not something we had planned for or even considered – so we had to improvise. All our batteries and gadgets were plugged in ready as we were told…
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by Cathy Day’s mileage : 52 Running total : 1,123 Ascent : 4,463ft Tuesday. I (Cathy) have been given the keys to the blog, and hopefully I’ll do justice to the beautiful day that we have had today. Today began with a long stretch on the Highway 101, tucked on the hard shoulder in our…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 56 Running total : 1,071 Ascent : 2,125ft Monday. And now there are three 🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️ It’s wonderful to have Cathy with us and she’s doing unbelievably well, really hit the ground pedalling. Today we rode along the Avenue of the Giants, cycling through 32 miles of magnificent redwood forest. The…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 36 Running total : 1,015 Ascent : 1,499ft Sunday. Last night Cathy arrived after a long flight into San Francisco, several hours layover and then a short commuter flight up to McKinleyville. Sam, owner of Cathy’s bike, continued to be a total star and drove us to the airport at…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 15 Running total : 979 This rest day hasn’t had much rest in it so far. It’s been full of logistics like: Getting the bikes serviced (thanks Adam at Revolution Bicycles). Doing the food shopping. Picking up Cathy’s rental bike. Not doing the laundry because, while we thought there was…