37 miles ridden – 350m climbed – temperature 22C.

Rebellion on The Rebellion Way!

First thing to report is that the bike worked pretty well today – not at its best but none of yesterday’s drama and frustration. As I reflected over last night’s pork and cider pie I reflected how few pretty villages I had cycled through and the lack of opportunities for coffee and cake – why else does one regularly cycle?!

The forecast for today included showers and combined with the fact that all references to sand and gravel in the official Rebellion Way guide now seem to be on bold, underlined, 72pt characters I found myself focusing on how much I hankered after my coffee and cake fixes. So I rebelled.

I decided that instead of grinding my way through more sand and gravel I would focus on going through some interesting places and that is what I did. The road which follows the coast of North Norfolk is the A149 and although I was concerned about how much traffic there would be it was actually pretty quiet with very respectful drivers so I set off out of Burnham Market through Burnham Overy Town to join the A149. Within 45 minutes I was in Wells-Next -The-Sea having passed the majestic Holkham Hall enjoying a very nice coffee in Ground Coffee shop watching the rain shower pass through. Very civilised…

The rain shower passed and although there were a few sprinklings over the next hour the weather was good from then on which made Morston Quay and Blakeney even more charming.

Clay-Next-The-Sea was another interesting little town on the way through Weybourne and into Sheringham itself.

I had a really enjoyable ride actually cycling to interesting places. I sat for a while pondering the next section which included cycling through central Norwich (sublime to the ridiculous!), as well as ‘gravel almost straight away…be prepared to push when it’s too steep’, ‘the ground can be soft and slippery’, ‘forgotten dust-centred roads’, – you get the picture.

I’d had enough of that for this trip – more rebellion was brewing.