Everything had dried out this morning, except my phone, which had been in the pocket of my (not very) waterproof jacket all day yesterday. Now it seems to have really and truly died.

But enormous thanks to Anne at Ekerley Guest House in Veryan, who gave us tea and scones when we arrived, took our shoes to dry and brought our bicycles in overnight. Generally made us feel warm and cozy and very happy.

Longer day today but not as long as tomorrow. Everyone–books, internet, actual people–had said the first two days are the hardest. We have spread them out a bit so have some challenges tomorrow as well, but I won’t argue that these days have been hard.

We left Cornwall this afternoon and climbed into Devon, into Dartmoor National Park. It is so different from the lanes and hedges and fields of Cornwall, to see the vast expanse of landscape, gorse and ponies. Lots of ponies grazing happily. We were on a busy main road unfortunately, so I couldn’t take photos, but we cycle onto the moor tomorrow on a quieter road.

Staying in a pub tonight, and apparently they have live music on Saturday night. And breakfast at 9:00! But they will do a breakfast tray for us and I think we might be tired enough to sleep through any music, no matter how bad it might be.