Maps and mileages

 

Day 1 - Penzance to Mullion

Day 1 elevation

Day 2 - The Lizard, Mullion to Maenporth

Day 2 elevation

Day 3 - Fal estuary - Maenporth to Gerrans

Day 3 elevation

Day 4 - Gerrans to Pentewan Sands

Day 4 elevation

Day 5 - Pentewan to Looe+

Day 5 elevation

 

Day 6 - Plymouth & Pentewan to Brixton 

Day 6 elevation

 

Day 7 - Brixton to Bigbury-on-Sea

Day 7 elevation

Day 8 - Bigbury on sea to Beeson

Day 8 elevation

Day 9 - Beeson to Shaldon

Day 9 elevation

Day 10 - Shaldon to Exeter

Day 10 elevation

Mileages

As the table shows, the number of miles travelled this year was not high, but the hilliness factor was extraordinary, with 280+% being labelled as "ridiculous" in my scale of hilliness, where 100% hilliness is a regular Wayfarers A group ride.  So the daily rides were limited by amount of ascent rather than  distance - in fact to be more accurate, limited by elapsed time - since climbing at 3 mph and also descending very steep hills at 3 mph takes a lot of time.

This year has been the most hilly year as measured by the average hilliness, although I did manage more total ascent with less steep hills in Scotland.   Six of this year's rides made it into my all-time top 10 hilly rides for my trip around the coast so far, which is now dominated by the south-west.

Interpreting the hilliness factor:

0-50% : flat

50-80%: quite flat

80-120%: average

120-180%: hilly

180-220%: very hilly

220-280%: extremely hilly

280%+ : ridiculous