Today was the longest cycling day of our tour, but at least we knew that it wouldn't be as hilly as the past couple of days.
Our first coffee stop was at Poundbury, the famous village that is built on the King's land. It is at the edge of Dorchester and has royal sounding areas such as Queen Mother Square, Crown Square and the Royal Pavilion.
It has lots of different building designs and at first glance seemed very posh, quiet and pretty. We stopped for coffee and the friendly owner gave me a map of the town, and hidden amongst the buildings were at least 70 fancy cafés, bars and shops, including 13 bridal boutiques.
Very different to our own self build at Graven Hill.
Travelling on the terrain for most of the day was gently rolling through beautiful villages, but our quest for a pub lunch ended in vain as the couple that we cycled past had both closed down.
Eventually we sat on a bench that was left outside one closed down pubs and enjoyed a meal deal.
Closing in on Glastonbury were cycled throughout the Somerset Levels, which as the name implies is a flat area where the wind was fearsome and straight in our faces.
In the distance we could see Glastonbury Tor and it slowly got closer until we were in the town itself.
It looked really interesting and a good place to spend the night, but the sat nav had others ideas and took us straight through and out the other side to an industrial estate.
There nestled between Screwfix and Howdens was our lovely Purple Palace. Sorry but I didn't think to take a photo.
We arrived much less tired than yesterday. However, too tired to walk the 20 minutes each way into the town, so are hoping to do that in the morning.
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