Phillipston MA to Sandown NH - 66 miles
Average Speed - 13 mph

Compared to yesterday, today’s ride was less demanding, but still full of obstacles like inattentive drivers, poor and non-existent shoulders, unmarked roads and intense heat and humidity. Once we passed through Fitchburg, the intensity of the hills decreased until we left Derry in NH.

We made very good time today, even though we still had plenty of hills. If tomorrow can be the same, then reaching Portland seems attainable.

We stayed at a warm showers house who lives on a farm and in an area with several steep hills and roads with poor shoulders. I thought that we had pretty much finished with the big hills for the day although I knew that one of the roads that we were taking was Walnut Hill, which was big hint that there was more climbing to do.

We climbed over 2000 feet again today. We have been told that it gets flatter near the coast, but flat is relative. I will keep thinking those thoughts of flat Belgium.

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