Kennford to Princeton - 43k - Sat 9 June

The hills were so bad yesterday, we decided not to waste precious energy and ride through Dartmoor and then north to Launceston, only to ride south the next day. We set our sites on Tavistock on the west side of the Dartmoor, but having ridden all day through the middle of the great Dartmoor national park, where the hills made the hills in Dorset look like mere bumps, we felt Tavistock was enough for the day. However, we didn't make Tavistock, and turned in to the little village of Princeton where we discovered Dartmoor prison where the worst of the British prisoners are housed. We stayed in a camp ground part of the 'Plume of Feathers Inn'. Actually it was crawling with campers and we had a great time. More on this later. The total of 43k for the day may seem small, but it took all of about 9 hours of very hard labour between stops for lunch and drinks. This was a very tough day at the ranch!