115.77km. 777m ascent. 5h25 ride time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The penultimate day of our epic ride in the USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very hot and humid but a beautiful ride with, luckily, plenty of shade, thought the beautiful Virginia countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was brutally hot again and this drained our energy but we made good headway and arrived at our motel around 14:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing spectacular on the way, so not many photos….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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