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| Cotton Field near Society Hill |
Cheraw SC to Sumter SC; 119 km 323m vertical climbed
The motel breakfast was the worst so far, a barely drinkable coffee and a few cornflakes. Not the best start to the day though the weather was wonderful. We were on our way shortly before 9 under a clear blue sky and 20°C. If it had stayed at that temperature all day the stage would have been easy but it kept on rising to 32. We are definitely in the south because we saw our first cotton fields today. We had done 61km before we found a gas station/convenience store/diner at which we could stop. We were both dehydrated and had loads to drink while the proprietress asked us a lot of questions. It was a bit of a hammer blow when we left the air conditioned store and walked out into the midday sun and we had to take several short breaks to have a drink in the shade of trees until we finally reached Sumter. Even then, things weren’t over for a while because we had to ride 6km south, east and back north until we found a motel. If I can get TimB away from the College Football on TV we can go and eat. |
| Swamp near Sumter |
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| Church near Bishopsville |
4 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving Canadian And Euro Tim...Hope you can find a turkey dinner after the football Game ends. Keep up the great work.
Andrew, Katherine, Joan, Emily and Lois....full of Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Turnip, corn, apple crisp with Ice cream and strawberry pie and sweet reisling wine...Miss you
Hi you two
Seems like you are having an eventful bike ride with quite a few challenges on the way. Now going from extreme rain to extreme heat. It must be a wonderful way of experiencing the country though. Hope all continues to go well for you and I am enjoying reading about it all.
Love Marion xx
Hello Tim G & Tim B
I need to read your 'blog'accounts a few times because it all sounds very interesting and eventful.You have certainly encounted various road and weather conditions but I like the 3ltr glass of beer, was it Tetley's Tim G!. Also, your trip to the railroad musuem looks good. I wish you both well and safe journey,it makes my 'Cleveland Way' look a little tame,start tommorrow. Best Wishes Paul
Hi,
I am back at home and back at work again after a very warm and relaxing week in Turkey. Haven't got used to the weather here yet, though.
We went to see Gladbach yesterday and they actually won after a rather negative series of seven matches either lost or drawn. So we had a good time!
I got back from training an hour ago and have now caught up on your blog, which is as enjoyable as ever.
Keep going safely and enjoy whatever good weather you have. I doubt you will be coming back to any...
Good night!
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