{"id":17506,"date":"2014-08-11T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17506"},"modified":"2014-08-18T07:03:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T06:03:28","slug":"jogle-day-8-bristol-crediton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/jogle-day-8-bristol-crediton\/","title":{"rendered":"JOGLE Day 8 – Bristol to Crediton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily Stats – Day 8<\/h2>\n

Miles Ridden<\/strong>: 90.5 miles
\nMetres Climbed<\/strong>: 3904 feet
\nTime Riding<\/strong>: 5:55:06
\nAverage Speed<\/strong>: 15.3 mph<\/p>\n

Total Miles Ridden<\/strong>: 770.7 miles
\nTotal Ascent<\/strong>: 32,905 feet
\nTotal Time Riding<\/strong>: 49:58:02<\/p>\n

Todays Weather:<\/strong> Rain, overcast then sunny with heavy showers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We had an early start today as we had been staying at my parents house near Wotton-Under-Edge so had to drive across Bristol first in order to get back to Ashton Court where we finished riding last night. After breakfast at my parents, we packed up and headed off in the pouring rain. It was absolutely lashing it down!<\/p>\n

It was still raining at Ashton Court so I got ready under the shelter there as the others arrived ready to go. Most people seemed a little lethargic today, probably due to the fact that they had made it home from Scotland, but now had to continue ever onwards towards Lands End, leaving their homes and families behind once again.<\/p>\n

We were due to be meeting some guys from the Bristol Road Cycling Club so our first stop was a bit of a detour to BW cycles under Cumberland Basin. We set off down Rownham Hill towards Bristol taking it easy on the descent due to the wet slippery roads. It did at least stop raining as we set off. We then waited around under Cumberland Basin whilst the club cyclists arrived and then set off with a few of them joining us.<\/p>\n

It was nice to have a few different people to chat to as we weaved our way out of Bristol along some familiar roads and then some unfamiliar cycle paths as we worked our way across Somerset, across the A370 and on to the A38. We soon sorted ourselves out, with one or two of the Club Cyclists up front, followed by me chatting to some guy from Anerica and then the rest of the T1D do JDRF team. As we got onto the A38 we kept dropping people off the back though so stopped to wait now and then. In the end the guys from BRC got a little fed up so decided to head off on their own, leaving me up at the front as usual to lead the way.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was at 30 miles having held a nice steady pace with the guys from BRC taking us on a flat route out of Bristol. Our lunch stop was at a very busy Bridgewater Services. It seemed as though everyone had come to the services for their holidays! It was packed full and people were parked and sitting on the verges having picnics. It was mayhem, with quite a queue of cars, lorries and caravans on both sides of the A38 as people tried to get to the services.<\/p>\n\n\t\t