Day 76 Kingston upon Hull - Cleethorpes
The Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Keadby.
Tuesday 7th September
Sunday 5th September
95 Miles, 6 hours 45 minutes.
Weather: Dry, warm, sunny and windy.
Accommodation: Ginnie's Guest House
Gamble of taking rest day in Hull paid off as wind had eased today -although still windy, was also fortunate not o be confronted by much in way of headwinds.
Day on the road started badly with heavy traffic on Ab3 out of Hull - truly terrifying and I seriously thought my time was up! After 10 miles I'd had enough and in desperation resorted to using a rough footpath beside the road - within a minute I had my sixth puncture due to broken glass. Thankfully, a short distance later, I managed to detour off this 'Road to Hell'.
On the plus side, I was fortunate that the route taken today was virtually as 'flat as a pancake' - I only encountered 3 short hill climbs all day.
Stopped at the Humber Bridge viewpoint on the south side of the river - I have to say it's quite an impressive structure.
Ecountered heavy traffic again in and around Immingham and the A180 into Grimsby (detoured round final 3 mile section) before finally arriving in Cleethorpes just before 6pm.Thought of the day - Glad to be alive!
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