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Around 13mph average. Maybe 8 or so hours of actual riding time per day, depending on wind and hills, of course. I was usually up and riding by 7am and didn't finish until 6pm. I tried to take an hour lunch break and a few additional 20 minute breaks for snacks and some walking around.
Exactly the same for me when i did the four day round trip at 125 miles per day. Some of the route was lumpy, some less so, but i couldn't average more than about 13 mph carrying only about 15lbs of gear. I'm an experienced tourist, I have a backside like teak, I don't tire easily, but 10 hours a day actually riding translates to a twelve-hour journey time, and at the end of four days I was shattered. Could I have done a fifth day? Probably. A sixth? Almost certainly not.
Incidentally, you can imagine my feelings towards the guy I asked for directions on day two. He sent me down the wrong road and added about 10 miles. If I'd had the energy I'd have gone back for him...