Day 2

Fortunately when we woke up on Day 2, we were greeted with amazing weather and a beautiful view of the sea. Unfortunately, our clothes and shoes were still wet, despite being in the drying room. We can comfirm putting wet shoes on over nice dry socks is one of the worst feelings in the world.

However, we got on our way to Exeter, a nice city according to Nick. The hills were still relentless (check out the beastly elevation statistics on our route below). The climb out of Boscastle was one of the toughies, although the weather was really uplifting.

From LEJOG Day 2

Navigation was nice and straightforward all day, following a couple of scenic main roads. However, on arrival to Exeter, we got fairly lost and had to use some local knowledge to find the youth hostel. We still arrived there at a good time, considering we'd covered 79.9 miles.

Exeter was as expected and Charles' uncle and aunt who lived close were hugely generous and picked us up from the hostel, treating us to a delicious meal full of carbohydrates, and entertainment in the form of World Cup footie and an excitable cocker spaniel. We slept very well on return!

Here is the route we followed, elevation statistics are also on there.