Up and off early this morning, 50 miles to Brooksville and it’s supposed to rain by the afternoon - Florida rain! Managed to get all the gear on the bike. We really need panniers over here, everything is crammed in the top box, behind the seat and in various little bike bags, but it all fits so we’re going!
Home to the open part of the Upper Tampa Bay Trail, quite a bit is still out of commission from the hurricanes in the autumn. Then a very, very fast pedal down Gunn Highway with its no bike path, no shoulder - close to 20mph on that section! That turns into the Suncoast Trail which runs alongside 589, the Veterans Expressway for the next 30 odd miles. The Suncoast is a great trail, but as it runs next to a highway is a tad noisy and that combined with the final stretch along Route 50 into Brooksville made it a trafficy day.
And it rained. Perfect timing for the first deluge, we’d just stopped for lunch and pretty good for the second, made a quick dash for a shelter and only got sort of soaked. We and the bike got very dirty - need mudguards too!
Tomorrow should be virtually a no traffic and no rain day - woohoo!
Last time we pedalled through Brooksville was on a Sunday so almost all the restaurants were closed. We have a good selection this time so we’re going to try The Bistro. Staying at the same B&B, Ardendales - very ‘old Florida’!
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