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by Philip Day’s mileage : 51 Running total : 964 After a lovely evening with hot tub and roaring fire, we started the day with pancakes, and were off in good time, starting with a bridge crossing over the wide Klamath river. We’d turned on the bridge warning lights, and a highway patrol officer gave…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 52 Running total : 913 I have loved our first day in California. We set off earlier than usual. Not really liking our accommodation last night made us super efficient at getting ready and on our way. It’s the only place we’ve felt uncomfortable in three weeks so that’s good going. The…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 41 Running total : 861 Last night we sat on our balcony watching the sunset when the evening “light show” began – initially a 15 minute film about Oregon, its geography, fauna and flora, and then, surreally, the Sound of Music, edited to 10 minutes long, with accompanying lighting effect.…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 29 Running total : 820 I’m writing this in warm evening sunshine on the balcony of a hotel room on a stretch of coastline in Gold Beach, Oregon. It’s a cheap and cheerful room with a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean. There are six turkey vultures wheeling around hunting…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 60 Running total : 791 We woke this morning to the sound of overflowing gutters, and saw heavy rain when we dared look outside. Over breakfast we played the “which weather forecast do we like” game – Apple weather said “patches of rain with two hour periods of dryness”, the…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 51 Running total : 731 This morning I was powered by waffles alone right up to lunchtime. They worked a treat – this has felt like my strongest day’s cycling so far. Water abounded all day, large and small lakes, rivers, estuaries, a glimpse or two of the ocean, as…
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by Philip Today’s our second rest day, so we didn’t need to set an alarm – and we managed to sleep in until 7am!!! Our cottage is in a quiet residential street, a couple of blocks away from the highway, and after a slow start to the day we wandered up to the Little Brown…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 54 Running total : 680 Yesterday evening’s walk on Agate Beach had an unexpected end. A school group of kids and teachers were leaving their beach camp and invited us to take over their roaring log fire. So we enjoyed the warmth and atmosphere as the sun set, then gifted…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 45 Running total : 626 Today’s planned mileage is shorter than usual so we allowed ourselves a slower start – however the ocean woke us early and we watched the crashing waves from our bedroom window. Breakfast included some coconut based yogurts and blueberries from our host while chatting with…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 49 Running total : 581 My legs, which first appeared two days ago, were firmly tucked under three layers again today. It’s been our wettest day yet on the road. We pedalled through coastal landscapes and lakes, inland through farming communities and back to the coast this evening. Beside the…