109km/68m, 5hrs 19mins, 20.5kph/12.7mph, 629m/2044ft of climbing.
Another wonderful day's cycling today, weather ideal and an almost deserted road through apparently endless forests.
A day for the entomologists. Lots of striking butterflies, notably Monarchs in considerable numbers. And hosts of dragonflies of various species that I am not, alas, expert enough to identify.
More incredulity today about my journey, this time from the diners in a roadside restaurant in the delectably-named Mattawamkeag. Obviously men in lycra aren't their usual lunchtime clientele, so naturally they asked me where I was riding to. General astonishment at my reply. Interestingly, though, what really struck home was my saying I had ridden from Houlton (about 80km) that morning. "But that's over an hour away by car!"
Forgot to mention yesterday that I had my first puncture. Not just my first puncture of this trip, but my first in over 8000 miles of using Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. Not quite impenetrable after all. Can't complain though; a very sharp half-inch nail driven vertically into the tread and still only just managed to get through and scratch a tiny hole in the tube. And while fixing that I discovered that I'd broken a spoke in the rear wheel. The wheel was barely out of true, which is a testimonial to the wheel builder at SJS cycles. Justification at last for carrying tools, spare spokes etc.
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