Great breakfast at Brookhayes Farm set us up for the morning. First 15 miles flat and windy over the Somerset Levels. Cheddar Gorge came all too quickly and a very long climb up onto the Mendips.
The route today was a bit different to the one I had mapped, so I managed to take a wrong turn which cut over a mile off the journey, so no bad thing. Finding the cycleway over the Severn Bridge was tricky (as always!) but the ride over was great. Final few miles along the Wye valley started with a three mile fast descent through Tintern and then a short climb up to the hotel.
Meeting some lovely people on our journey; today we chatted to a really nice lady in Olverston who insisted on giving us both sponsorship money and wished us good luck.
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Hi honey, hope all the wounds and scrapes and burns and aches are improving. Am seriously impressed with your progress. Couldn't cope with the Severn Crossing on a bike myself; have enough trouble with the lane nearest the middle of the bridge in a nice solid car keeping my eyes straight ahead to avoid seeing the drop, but bet it's spectacular without vertigo! Instamap says you're in the middle of a pretty field. Hope it's a good one, with no nettles, ants, bulls or similar trials! Keep having fun, Hil xxx
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