The Solstice Century

[@paul_laws]

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

[@andrewnorris5415]

Welshman : 🤷‍♂

[@andrewnorris5415]

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!

[@davidharder9779]

Great music!

[@johnmccarten7515]

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

[@TheDartmoorClassic]

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 !

[@djduffy1000]

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]

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

[@SoorAurora]

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]

Impressive!! Thanks for sharing the journey

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mrdirt22]

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

[@andrewnorris5415]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Nice, hope you had a good time too

[@Mrdirt22]

@@andrewnorris5415 always a cafe involved somewhere! LOL

[@Mrdirt22]

@@JulietElliottsChannel Absolutely!

[@richardharris8538]

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!

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Thank you. Happy Christmas!!

[@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

[@matthewwakeham2206]

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.

[@Francesco_M.]

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]

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]

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.

[@stevepowell-thomas5918]

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

[@andrewnorris5415]

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

[@OSR_1]

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

[@kevinwestwood6668]

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

[@karengleason4791]

Loads of fun great vid 😊and Happy Holidays!

[@barryf1966]

Well done Juliet 🍺 a long day in the saddle

[@wsbygt]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Happy Christmas!

[@ianmiller2820]

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

[@malcontent_1]

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?

[@peags666]

Well done,epic ride and brilliant video

[@seanicky]

Well done. Windy day for it!

[@andreasl5707]

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

[@donnajago]

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]

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

[@jennadoel5748]

well done on your cost ride

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Thanks!

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

I Love Cornwall.

[@sketchy0078]

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]

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

[@kozmicbluescali1]

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

[@alqubes]

Pasty stops are the best

[@ullrichleipold7679]

Oh my dear

[@barrytcook1]

paper maps ...!!!! 😀😀

[@freudmv]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

thanks. I didn't

[@usget]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

😂

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

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

[@robertsanders8866]

Honest effort… lol cheers

[@TerryNutkins3]

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

[@glennwilliams5869]

Was that your lovely Enve bike on those muddy lanes 🫨

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Unfortunately it was

[@timcarnes3467]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

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

[@SoorAurora]

but never carrots!

[@josephlyne8290]

I enjoyed that thanks

[@thezaneo]

Hey Juliet 🚲

[@job9902]

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

[@alqubes]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

It’s a GoPro, it has good stabilisation

[@MrWonkyeye]

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.

[@michaeloconnor9809]

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

[@JulietElliottsChannel]

Tinted lip balm. It’s a winner

[@drummerjo571]

Out before sunrise with no lights on?

[@reecedawson6113]

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]

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