A quiet cycle route for the first 10 miles into Newport Beach and then it got busy. Pat sort out a bike shop in Newport as his front wheel squeels every so often - he found one and his front front wheel bearing is stuffed but should get him to the border. My rear pannier support has snapped and is now held together with Gorilla tape. Our bikes maybe falling apart but we are still in good heart. As I write this Pat is sorting out accommodation for our last couple of days as it is a holiday weekend. We arrived here in San Clemente and went to the San Clemente Inn, we negociated withe recepionist for a room only for the manager to tell her that the Inn was suddenly full - we think he was holding out for a 2 night booking - we were not happy cyclists - however we are in a nice place Hampton Inn - if you come this way give the unfriendly San Clemente Inn a wide berth.
Back to the journey, the road was busy and for long stretches we lost the cycle lane and the shoulder which put us very close to the traffic. We survived and in the end had a good day.
We met numerous folk all interested in our journey - a gentleman from Maidstone spoke to Gilly for some time , he was visiting family and was out for a short 100 mile ride. 10 years ago he and his wife had ridden around the world - it certainly puts us in the shadows.
Our odo is 1868.3
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