Today's ride from Bradford started in pretty bracing conditions of 3 C and even I was beginning to regret not putting on a few more layers (my minimalist approach to cold weather clothing has become a bit of a running joke - northern roots). After an hour an a half the sun got to work and things warmed up for another nice day of riding. 25 miles in to the ride we entered New York State, our 14th state of the trip. Unlike some other state boundaries we had a nice big sign for the obligatory photo. Rather than the usual picnic, today's lunch was at a roadside diner called Rock Burgers, so we all refuelled on fries, burgers and milkshakes. The afternoon ride in to Corning was pleasant with more nice views, the wind was a bit gusty and we did have to battle headwinds at times but nothing we couldn't handle. So concluded our 6 centuries in 6 days, not sure I will repeat that feat anytime soon, if ever. Tomorrow is our final rest day and rather than the usual social hour drinks we all went to the Corning Museum of Glass. Corning is famous for its glassware and the guides organised for us to decorate our own picture frames, we had different shaped coloured glass to create our own designs. The frames will be put in a kiln overnight to fuse the glass pieces to the frame, we'll pick them up tomorrow to have a nice souvenir of the trip.
Ride Details
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| Quiet roads out of Pennsylvania |
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| Into The Empire State |
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| Who would live in a house like this? |
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| Lunch spot |
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| BLT, curly fries and milkshake, Chris Froome swears by this |
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| At the top of the final climb of the day |
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| Arts and Crafts hour |
Snoop Dogg?!
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