The Solstice Century

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  • Опубліковано 3 лют 2025

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  • @paul_laws
    @paul_laws Рік тому +8

    I can confirm the topography around Looe, Polperro and Fowey is savage. And that's coming from a Yorkshireman.

  • @andrewnorris5415
    @andrewnorris5415 Рік тому +2

    I like that kind of crazy ride. Always creates good memories and sleep well later. Gravel bike def needed for that one. Crazy how much the routing messed up!

  • @johnmccarten7515
    @johnmccarten7515 Рік тому

    Thanks for bringing us along.
    At least you got a pasty.

  • @djduffy1000
    @djduffy1000 Рік тому +1

    Well done Juliet, great video, That coastal path is a real adventurous ride, I have done part of it. Your right so scenic and beautiful and Plymouth does lack in looks and a lot of other things but at times it can be a great place to live. There are many very accessible places of outstanding beauty right on our doorstep and of course we have the sea.

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +2

      Absolutely, I always enjoy visiting Plymouth, it’s so well situated and so many nice tithings to do. The centre is a bit shabby but still a nice place

  • @davidharder9779
    @davidharder9779 Рік тому +2

    Great music!

  • @richardharris8538
    @richardharris8538 Рік тому +1

    Great video, Juliet! I hope you enjoyed your Cornish pasty, (and the family dinner). That was quite a ride. And I can still remember a Cornish pasty that I had in Looe, about sixty years ago, it was that delicious!

  • @TheDartmoorClassic
    @TheDartmoorClassic Рік тому

    Hey Juliet, great to see local routes ..... you could ride another hundred miler on the Dartmoor Classic over the Summer Solstice weekend 😃 Would be great to see you !

  • @Francesco_M.
    @Francesco_M. Рік тому +2

    Glorious plan that one!
    Completely drawn in by the idea of doing an 100 miler+ to sit at a table having a Sunday roast with your family waiting for you; I've thought about doing similar kind of rides in the past never commencing one in the end out of fear of winding up having to race against time ⏳
    I whish that very table you were going to join ( eventually 😁 🌞 =] ) to be the merrier most animated one in the whole Cornwall;
    Merry Christmas to you and to the whole of your family Juliet! 🇮🇹🎅 👋

    • @andrewnorris5415
      @andrewnorris5415 Рік тому +1

      It can be kind of fun and stressful at the same time! I've done 100 + milers with the aim to catch a pre booked train. If it miss it - it means paying the crazy prices for a last min ticket! Another is coming back from Llandudno through the Queens tunnel in Liverpool. It's only open to cyclists for 1 hour at the moment due to maintenance. That was kind of fun in the tunnel. Got stopped by a cop who thought I was mad it was not allowed. Soon convinced him it was allowed. Apparently few cycle through it.

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, it was lovely. We had a nice meal and strolled around looking at the Xmas lights. Perfect.
      You should try one - maybe when the days are a bit longer if you’re worried about timing.

  • @Mrdirt22
    @Mrdirt22 Рік тому +2

    Awesome Juliet! I did this too! Smashed out another cafe driven Century.

    • @andrewnorris5415
      @andrewnorris5415 Рік тому +2

      "Cafe Driven Century". The CDC, love that!

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +2

      Nice, hope you had a good time too

    • @Mrdirt22
      @Mrdirt22 Рік тому +1

      @@andrewnorris5415 always a cafe involved somewhere! LOL

    • @Mrdirt22
      @Mrdirt22 Рік тому +1

      @@JulietElliottsChannel Absolutely!

  • @SoorAurora
    @SoorAurora Рік тому

    Lovely to see you enjoying our Cornish hills 😅 Truro Rd is definitely not the number 1 choice for leaving St Austell though, we have loads of pretty lanes around here instead! Come down in June and do the Coast and Clay to fully enjoy the Cornish Alps among the clays and the bays of the north coast. ❤

  • @montanagreider6057
    @montanagreider6057 Рік тому +1

    Impressive!! Thanks for sharing the journey

  • @karengleason4791
    @karengleason4791 Рік тому +1

    Loads of fun great vid 😊and Happy Holidays!

  • @matthewwakeham2206
    @matthewwakeham2206 Рік тому

    Nice to see Ivybridge, Seaton and Looe Coast Path! I used to help run D of E expeditions starting at the Cremyll ferry in Plymouth, camping at Looe (Bay View) and Polperro (top of the hill) and ending up at Fowey so I know that part of the Cornwall Coast quite well.

  • @wsbygt
    @wsbygt Рік тому +3

    M o r n i n g !
    ... and a great xmas, cheers!

  • @stevepowell-thomas5918
    @stevepowell-thomas5918 Рік тому +1

    Hi Juliet well done wow that was a good route will try that thanks for video 😄👍

    • @andrewnorris5415
      @andrewnorris5415 Рік тому +1

      I liked it too. Def one for the gravel bike in the winter.

  • @barryf1966
    @barryf1966 Рік тому +1

    Well done Juliet 🍺 a long day in the saddle

  • @OSR_1
    @OSR_1 Рік тому

    You would have made it too, if it wasn’t for those meddling paths! 😂😛 well done and have a great Christmas!

  • @peags666
    @peags666 Рік тому +1

    Well done,epic ride and brilliant video

  • @ericclaire-helenerfletcher9433

    Juliet , have you thought of having a type of go pro wand to hold your camera or phone freeing up your hands , have recently purchased a quad lock phone case with magnet will stick to anything metal and with a proper base would free up your hand , anyway just a idea , great ride

  • @seanicky
    @seanicky Рік тому

    Well done. Windy day for it!

  • @malcontent_1
    @malcontent_1 Рік тому +2

    You're such a quintessential event rider, doing it for the patch. I remember looking forward to my century finisher t-shirts-gotta have "proof" right?

  • @kevinwestwood6668
    @kevinwestwood6668 Рік тому

    Have you seen the, south west 660, route, take's in Brixham, you could do it on your triumph,😊

  • @D_isco_D_ancer
    @D_isco_D_ancer Рік тому

    I Love Cornwall.

  • @andreasl5707
    @andreasl5707 Рік тому +1

    Come up here and do it, like 4hrs of daylight 😂

  • @jennalovestrainsandbuses
    @jennalovestrainsandbuses Рік тому

    well done on your cost ride

  • @ianmiller2820
    @ianmiller2820 Рік тому

    I like a heroic failure. If it was easy it wouldn't be worth doing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @barrytcook1
    @barrytcook1 Рік тому

    paper maps ...!!!! 😀😀

  • @ullrichleipold7679
    @ullrichleipold7679 Рік тому

    Oh my dear

  • @freudmv
    @freudmv Рік тому

    Nice Ride; we all have our own summit. Do you stop your Strava on the ferry? Merry Christmas.

  • @sketchy0078
    @sketchy0078 Рік тому

    So would you ever consider those roads through cornwall on a fixed gear? I've done the coast to coast from plymouth to ilfracombe fixed but this looks stupid silly!

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +1

      I'd only consider it in summer when the roads weren't so slippery and sketchy. Even then it would be pretty daft but definitely fun I imagine

  • @usget
    @usget Рік тому

    You are like one of those tourists who follows their nav until they get their car stuck on the coastal path 😜

  • @alqubes
    @alqubes Рік тому

    Pasty stops are the best

  • @kozmicbluescali1
    @kozmicbluescali1 Рік тому

    Hi Juliet, what brand tires did you have on for this ride?

  • @josephlyne8290
    @josephlyne8290 Рік тому

    I enjoyed that thanks

  • @donnajago
    @donnajago Рік тому +1

    I live in Cornwall and ride the hills all the time, I find it strange to see peoples strava rides where they have rode 100 miles and only done 650 m of climbing, I can do that on a 30km ride.

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +2

      Yeah I think that too when I see people going 100km and 200m of climbing , I’m like ‘what!’

  • @glennwilliams5869
    @glennwilliams5869 Рік тому

    Was that your lovely Enve bike on those muddy lanes 🫨

  • @robertsanders8866
    @robertsanders8866 Рік тому

    Honest effort… lol cheers

  • @TerryNutkins3
    @TerryNutkins3 Рік тому

    Juliet makes an error in navigating? That's a first (said no one ever 😄)

  • @Foxtrottangoabc
    @Foxtrottangoabc Рік тому

    Well done , a 100 is a 100 no matter what, in europe they would only think of metric 💪👍😅 🇫🇷 🇬🇧

  • @thezaneo
    @thezaneo Рік тому

    Hey Juliet 🚲

  • @timcarnes3467
    @timcarnes3467 Рік тому +1

    what exactly is a pastie? Is that just english slang for a pastry?

    • @JulietElliottsChannel
      @JulietElliottsChannel  Рік тому +1

      It’s a kind of pastry, traditionally filled with meat and veg but as I’m vegetarian I go for the veggie version

    • @SoorAurora
      @SoorAurora Рік тому

      but never carrots!

  • @job9902
    @job9902 Рік тому

    😂The solstice was 3 am this morning, so isn't tomorrow the start of "solstice weekend "?

  • @alqubes
    @alqubes Рік тому

    how is the image so steady when you shake so much ?

  • @michaeloconnor9809
    @michaeloconnor9809 Рік тому

    At last now i know how to get faster.
    Apply lipstick before putting brain on saddle. Hip hip.

  • @MrWonkyeye
    @MrWonkyeye Рік тому

    Ride with GPS is a liability and cant be trusted. Got sent on the same mystery tour down the coast path and up the stairs at Millendreath a few years ago and apparently they still haven't fixed their routing.

  • @drummerjo571
    @drummerjo571 Рік тому

    Out before sunrise with no lights on?

  • @reecedawson6113
    @reecedawson6113 Рік тому

    Garmin route planner is just the worst, it doesn't know what a road is most of the time, well done for the ride

  • @moobaz8675
    @moobaz8675 Рік тому +1

    Cornwall is just full of pointless and irritating hills! Anyway, good effort. One for next year. 👍