Resting in San Francisco ......

We are safely ensconced in Elen & Nigels house high up over Half Moon Bay. A fantastic oasis in which to mend our bikes, bodies and minds.
We cycled from Tomales (where's that you may ask)to Cortes Madera about 10 mls north of Golden Gate Bridge.It was a good day with continual , energy sapping up and down terrain giving way to flatter and more built up roads. We found a Budget Motel - boy was it budget! In our room the wall boiler had burnt out  we had two tv,s I guess just to fill the space, peeling pai t and just outside our room was a van withgraffitti all over it. But sheets were clean - I thinl!
We have had yest more punctures pn Pats bike  but it did get us here. Di sent his spare wheel (bought in Norway on our last trip when his previous Mavic wheel broke) to Half Moon  Bay and it is now on his bike. Gilly has a complete new rear mech to replace the one s

he had (jockey wheel fell off). I digress - we had an early start from Cortes Madera and immediately had a 500 ft hill to get over - quite a shock as it was not mentioned in the guide! We then had a climb of about 200 ft up to the Golden Gate Bridge. We were following the bike guide when a Lady said if I were you I would not go this way.After much discussion when she thought us much too thick to follow her directio s  - she said I will show you. Pow - she was off, up the hill, on her unloaded road bike  with Pat and Gilly wallowing in her wake - I was left to follow the hot rubber marks on the road.Kind lady.
The Bridge was shrouded in fog - the cold California Current starts in the arctic and sweeps down the west coast of the States, the warm interior drags air in and across the currant cooling the air causing fog.  We cycled through this, the air was very cold and we saw very little. Once across we had 3 more very chalenging hills before Half Moon Bay plus we had got the milage wrong when planning the day - we had an extra 10 mls we had not bargained for. All in all a hard day.
We met our hosts in a cafe by the harbpur and they gave us a lift to their abode. Their road is steep man  a couple of miles pushing bikes would not hVe been welcome.
Di was also there to meet us flush with success from her golf. We are now 4

We have done some tourism in SF a d we are off to Yosemite today.