Now a poll for you, dear readers! Should I:

1. Cycle back to Usa Shrine, checking out the festival going on, then catch a train to Beppu, aiming for the 4:30 ferry to Matsuyama, or

2. Cycle around Futagosan Peninsula and on to Beppu (98 kms) over two days, then ferry to Shikoku, and taking lots of trains eastwards.

I want to try and get to Okayama by the 2nd... need to make up for the lost day at the start to do so.