The super-green dingly dell glade was just as difficult to walk down as it had been last night to walk up. Another hike-a-bike, then. Short, though.

I flew the drone over the Burrator reservoir. Some of those shots will make it into the gallery when I get wifi.

A brave bunch of Dartmoor ponies clip clopped across the reservoir’s bridge as I was flying the drone and didn’t seem overly fussed about cyclists.

The climbs up the tree-covered steep narrow roads weren’t rewarded with fast descents because visibility was poor in the shade of the trees and who knows what might be speeding around the bends.

In Tavistock I discovered there’s a chain of shops selling just flapjacks. My kind of shop. I bought a traditional one and a bakewell tart topped one. Fuel.

The breeze blew away whatever heat there was but it still sunny, perfect weather for drying the bivvibag and airing the down quilt.

The last few miles of the day was on the vineyard stretch of the Camel Trail.

Fond memories of doing the Padstow stretch with Jude and the kids 18 or so years ago.

Bridge Bike Hire co-founder Berni made me a cup of tea as she played for me the recent BBC Countryfile programme on the Camel valley and which majored on the Camel trail. Good to hear (again) on TV how Nigel Wiggett set up Bridge Bike Hire shortly after the Camel Trail opened in 1983.

Copycat hire businesses sprang up close to Nigel and Berni’s original business site, which is still the only one with direct access to the hugely popular traiil.