Day 3: Lladudno to Flint

Ha, today was the first day with SUNSHINE! Like proper sunshine! :-) When I planned this trip I said, that I expect the sun in my face and the wind in my back all day every day. Well, after two very grey days, I was very delighted with at least one thing happening: the sun was in my face all way long!!! And the wind too. ;-) To be fair, it wasn't that windy, but it is tough to pedal against the wind for about 6 hours. It was a great day today, all along the Welsh coast, the scenery was gorgeous, people where out at the beaches, the whole country came to life. Very nice!

The town I stayed last night turned out to be a beautiful spot once the rain stopped:

I climbed up a few hills just before Flint, which was a killer for the legs. Just made it to Flint at around 3pm, just before the rain came back. Its looking sunny again for tomorrow morning, so it will be another early night for me. Tonight I checked in to a room above the local pub. Great! ;-)

I decided not to record every day on the GPS anymore. Its not working well in the rural areas and I have to admit its a bit depressing when your legs feel as if you have cycled half ways round the globe in a day and it turns out it was only about 60km today... I do feel every kilometer by now, the first 90 minutes in the morning where a big struggle, but after that it was easier and I just kept cycling. I don't go really fast anymore, as long as I am moving, I feel its ok and progress somehow. The luggage on the back of the bike felt really heavy today, but I suppose thats normal after three days.

Hopefully the energy is back tomorrow.

Now its dinnertime. Thats the beauty of all this cycling: I can constantly eat half a pig on toast :-D