3CT1602 - Celtic Tour

Day 8 - Chagford to Lynton Today we had a nice loop scheduled across Devon and Cornwall, with our lunchstop at the supposed location of King Arthur's castle. These days it's not called Camelot, but Tintagel. There is a "Camelot Castle" hotel and restaurant where we had lunch, our ladies even got a tour by the resident Master Artist of the castle. Day 7 - Abergavenny to Chagford This day was all about the mystical Stonehenge! We only took some backcountry roads to find our way to the parking spot of Stonehenge actually 2 km away from the stone circle. A big and nice tourist center just gives you all the things you need if the weather isn't as perfect as it should be. Shuttle buses took us the long way down to the big rocks. Finally - walking up to the Stonehenge circle is just spectacular! Nobody could imagine the size of the rocks. And how did the people get the horizontal stones on top of the vertical ones 5000 years ago? Just incredible! Day 6 - Llechryd to Abergavenny We set off again on our bikes from the lovely hotel in Llechryd, with our destination set to Abergavenny. We had a few stops at Fishguard, Pembroke and Llandovery. Riding through the twisties in Brecon Beacons park was especially fun! Day 5 - Betws-Y-Coed to Llechryd Today was all about the Snowdonia National Park. Little backcountry roads, lots of cattle grids and gates, no traffic, some fog, beautiful lakes, narrow single tracks and a good set of sweepers in the end. Day 4 - Isle of Man to Betws-Y-Coed Day 4 had us heading south as soon as we got off the ferry from Man in Heysham. We rode straight into North Wales and started getting our first taste of the great little roads down there. Our target for the day was the hotel in Betws-Y-Coed, which means "Sanctuary in the Woods", a very fitting name. On the way there we entered into the magnificent Snowdonia national park, where the scenery seemed straight from a movie. Day 3 - Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Senior Race 2016 Today is the day! The highlight of the whole Tourist Trophy - the Senior Race! Meaning this is the fastest race of all around the Sneafell Mountain course! Just last weekend Michael Dunlop set a new lap time record with 16 Minutes 58 Seconds being the first one to ever finish a lap in under 17 Minutes! And today when we were watching he just set up a new record in 16 Minutes 53 Seconds and 133,962 miles per hour as the average speed! Just imagine that! Day 2 - Keswick to the Isle of Man Our second day started with a little sightseeing right outside of Keswick at the Castlerigg Stone Circle. 4500 years old they were standing there on a hill with no one but us visiting. Afterwards we started riding in the Lake District. The area comprising the Lake District was formed during several ice ages. The created a couple of valleys, most of them with lakes inside, surrounded by mountains up to 3.120 ft high. The Lake District National Park is considered to be the most beautiful park in merry old England. After a little ferry ride across the Windermere Lake we had a nice lunch and then made our way to board the ferry to the Isle of Man. Day 1 - Hinckley to Keswick We really had a great first day, riding from Hinckley to Keswick. Even the (little bit of) rain didn't bother us!