{"id":4583,"date":"2016-05-18T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.com\/?p=4583"},"modified":"2016-05-18T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:23:51","slug":"day-3-the-real-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/day-3-the-real-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: The Real England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we got our first true taste of England.  It rained and then rained harder. Then we got a light mist. Then it rained. Blue sky poked out between the clouds. We rejoiced. Then it rained.<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-4569\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1050322-01.jpeg\" alt=\"In a respite from the rain we found this picnic bench in the middle of an intersection, a perfect place to eat and dry out.\" class=\"wp-image-4569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1050322-01.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1050322-01-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1050322-01-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In a respite from the rain we found this picnic bench in the middle of an intersection, a perfect place to eat and dry out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While it was raining, we tried to visit the castle featured in &#8220;Downton Abbey&#8221;, but for some reason it was closed to the public. It was at this point that I started hatching an idea to leave England for sunnier climes. Then we stopped at a pub for some tea and a roof over our heads and my contempt for England waned. Rain isn&#8217;t so bad, so long as you can dry off and warm up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we left the pub the train had subsided. With renewed enthusiasm, we pedaled off in search of our next campsite. This task proved to be a challenge. Since we don&#8217;t have internet access on my smart phone, and since there doesn&#8217;t seem to exist decent maps for the wondering cyclist, we&#8217;re relying on the Open Streets data built into our GPS app Maps.me. Open Streets is essentially crowd sourced waypoints with things like restaurants, hotels, campgrounds, etc. It&#8217;s handy but not consistently accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite our reservations, Maps.me came through with a sweet campground behind a pub. Did I mention that pubs are perhaps the saving grace of England? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we got our first true taste of England. It rained and then rained harder. Then we got a light mist. Then it rained. Blue sky poked out between the clouds. We rejoiced. Then it rained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4583"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rideeatcamp.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}