Day 6 - Dulverton to Glastonbury


Day 6 – Dulverton to Glastonbury



This will be our longest day so far today. 104 km.  Some hills to start and then mainly down. After a fulsome breakfast we leave by about 9:15 am. Similar riding to previous days. A mix of very quiet and narrow country farm roads,  generally with high walls and hedges on each side. Very occasionally we have 5 minutes on a busy road.  Coming to another small village every 20 minutes or so. Each village with its own beautiful old church.



At one point we come to a four way intersection. No sign of a route marker. There is a house being renovated. Scaffolding. A truck and trailer in front. We finally find the marker behind all of this. People can be thoughtless of cyclists.


We eventually arrived in the city of Taunton and buy some lunch and eat it by the canal. It is all a bit busy, loud and wild.  I feel suddenly exhausted. After lunch it is off following the canal. 20kms  to Bridgewater. Beautiful flat, fast, pretty riding beside the canal. We stopp to watch a boat going through a lock.



 Towards the end of the canal path is suddenly closed due to motorway construction. And no sign of where we should go. A 10 mile detour for a car is an inconvenience. For us it is a nightmare. We try to detour.  We ask locals for help but they do not have a clue about cycle routes.
By feretting around we finally find our way back to the cycle trail, and sneak through a construction area. Now onwards, it is getting  late and still 30 kms to go. About 2 hours. After a bit of climbing we eventually see Glastonbury Tor in the distance.  The ride into town takes us through a remarable large area of lakes and marshes called the Avalon Marsh where they seem to dig up huge mountains of super fertile peaty soil.

 Our B&B is 5 minutes from the town centre town.
Glastonbury  is super new age/ hippie. There are all sorts of wacky shops. As if it is a town caught in a 40 year old time warp. We have a simple and cheap Italian meal. It's been a long day.

We must get another spare tube for the  bikes and check the dodgy one.  Tomorrow not so big.  We have done 438 km in 6 days. Temperatures have been reasonable all day. Winds have been mainly from the side or rear. We have had just one puncture so far – on Zitas front wheel. Probably a thorn. We fixed it with little fuss.

Distance so far: 436/1920 kms.


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