Day 33 Keene to Amesbury

The last day. We left under nice blue sky's and no sign of rain. In fact the temperature was st to get into the 90's. The terrain was rolling and we had a nice quiet run into the first SAG. This being the last for the tour. Lunch was considered different. As we were all to regroup twice during today there was no use racing. In fact once we had passed the slowest rider, who had left early we rolled along with a small bunch at a nice gentle pace.

Leaving Keene.

We had a couple of steep climbs and Lasse the big Norwegian was heard to state "why the #$%$# do they choose this %$$%$ hill? Is it just to &^%$% my day". We translated as " I love to climb.

We had lunch in the car park of one of the motels they stay at during the cross country tour. The one that takes 52 days.

Judy foolishly started stocking red liquorice in the SAGs.

Apparently it was quite popular. As it went down rapidly.

We were told not to rush out of lunch as the last rider was 12 miles away. We dawdled to the first regroup. On the way we missed a turn. Once again so did some others in front of us and we met them coming back. This saved us some bonus miles. Apparently they had asked a local and she had directed them. Unfortunately they had misread the instruction and raced off down highway 107A whereas we needed 107. Jason and I yelled at them as we stopped to check the map. But they were gone. We turned on 107 and quickly ticked off the appropriate cues. We were on track. Arriving at the first regroup point Judy said we would need to wait at least n hour so we headed to Dunkin Donuts. The 107A boys must have realised their error and arrived at the regroup point. In Dunkin Donuts the air was on and we sat in the cool until Judy text Jay to say the back markers were approaching and we were soon to leave. A few mil further on and another regroup we also picked up a police escort to the beach. He stopped all cars at all intersections. It was great we went through red lights and stop signs behind blaring sirens. we then hit the beach. Lasse had a surprise as his wife turned p from behind the fence. This was totally unscheduled.

 Atlantic? Looks the same as the pacific! Maybe we should ride back and check!

After the wheel dip we rode back to the motel. Cleaned and packed the bikes.

Today's ride was 114 miles in 6:50.

Total distance for the trip is 3470 miles: 5584 km. Average km per day of riding is 169 miles per day.