Waking up in a tent to sunshine is a lovely thing after a couple of rainy mornings. Dappled sunlight through trees. The mosquitoes were having lie in, gorged as they were on our blood, so nice and quiet. So we got off to an early start at 9.30am. This is good because you then have more time to look for a campsite at the end of the day- if the price is silly you can cycle on elsewhere. We hurtled along to Fryeburg - quiet tidy sort of place then, passing across the state line to New Hampshire, various versions of Conway, where we spent ages trying to find food shops. Turns out they are all out of town... We found the Family Dollar store. A rather downbeat store, but OK for the basics of lunch. The library looked beautiful though.... Then off to conquer the Kancamagus Pass. The route initially goes along the opposite side of the river to the main road. After about 6 miles it rejoins the main Kancamagus Highway, and we started to gain height with a steep climb starting after Champney Falls trailhead. The weather got drizzly, views of distant wooded hills opened up, and eventually we reached the col, 2855' above sea level. The big hills of the Appalachians stretched into the distance, soft in the slight drizzle. Then a great downhill, and our average speed crept back up over 10mph, huzzah, as my speedo reached 30mph plus. We reached Lincoln then North Woodstock where the cheap and pleasant camping at Maple Haven campground stopped us - at $37 it's the cheapest so far. Pig's Ear Brown Ale with a grainy bread and tomatoes was just what we needed. The Pig's Ear is brewed here in North Woodstock. The picture was taken at the top of the pass.