45km. 512m ascent. 2h05 ride time Super humid and hot today but we had a short ride to get to Harrodsburg to visit the 1770s reconstructed fort there. The ride continued through the beautiful countryside of Kentucky with plenty of short sharp climbs to keep us sweating. An excellent choice and only $6/person (over 55…
Some may think I am a bit obsessed with the wind. Well, I am! Wind affects our ride as much as the profile. We have had more than our fair share of headwind and, not only does it slow our progress, it also has a big influence on our morale. At home we usually (always…
91.35 km. 934m ascent. 4h32 ride time 60 days continuous riding. Neither Stef nor I have ever done so much riding We are really in the rhythm and feel we could go on for ever at this pace or even more 😊 Easy day today through the beautiful Kentucky countryside with no wind at all…
83.88 km. 734m ascent. 4h08 ride time After a good night’s sleep in our tent at the lake we set off around 07:36 in cool but sunny conditions. This is the first day when we have set off with temperatures under 19C for quite a long time now. A beautiful day and although the wind…
123.11km. 1,271m ascent. 6h16 ride time After an excellent night’s sleep in the superb church hostel in Sebree we were ready for a big ride It started fairly flat, it was cool and the only thing against us was the wind (all day) so a good start and we had plenty of opportunity to fill…
The generosity of the people her in the USA keeps on surprising me! We arrived here at the First Baptist Church in Sebree which has an irreproachable reputation anyway, but we were greeted by a one of the congregation and he showed us where we could sleep etc. He also asked us if we liked…
73.24km. 678m ascent. 3h56 ride time Today we needed a shorter day because we have been pushing quite hard. As it turned out we had a strong headwind so not as easy a day as we had hoped for. Anyway the weather was perfect (except for the wind) and Kentucky is a beautiful green State…
127.04km. 1,481m ascent. 6h38 ride time Up at 05:30 to get an early start just to hear the thunder and a huge storm outside our window. We decided to postpone our start until after the rain had eased. Neither Stef nor I were feeling particularly vigorous this morning despite a good nights sleep and decent…
5,272km ridden (78%). 38,713m climbed (69%). 267hrs riding 1800km and 21,486m ascent to go.
We left our mini-hostel, which we shared with Bill, (free for cyclists and air-conditioned) early to get breakfast at Casey’s in Chester because they open early and the coffee is actually good. 😊 We had a choice to either take the inland route or go down to the Mississippi and follow it for several kilometres…