Late start today after a large breakfast. Another sunny and breezy day with easy cycling on mainly rolling terrain. Cycled through all the little villages today which was very pretty, crossing the border between Wales and England a couple of times.
Sadly heard that two of the group have dropped out this morning; seems a shame after having done all the hard work in Cornwall and Devon but I think the cumulative effect was catching up with them.
This makes us part of the tail end group - somewhere I am used to being! So we have had the company of Tony on the sweep bike, along with Dave and Adrian from Scotland. A very companionable group, we have enjoyed a long but easy ride. We had our tea at Pembridge so there was no urgency to get back.
I had to press on ahead a little at the end to get to camp so my bike could have a few minor niggles fixed. The gears have been clunking and the front wheel wasn't quite true. Plus my tumble on Sunday knocked the rhs hood out of line. Most were fixed tonight and hopefully the bike will be smoother tomorrow.
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I'm glad you think 78 miles is easy cycling!
ReplyDeleteAndy
Glad you've had a couple of better days. It's amazing watching how far you're travelling - you seem to be getting "up north" rather quickly. Bet it doesn't seem like that to you though! Hope you sorted out your bike problems.
ReplyDeleteElaine & Chris
It is Thursday lunchtime as I write this, which is probably why the InstaMapper says you are at the side of the road, stationary. The map confused me: where you are, just SW of Whitchurch, approaching the A495, you are in Wales with the English border about a mile to the WEST!
ReplyDeleteSimon, UU
A few hours have gone by since my lunchtime comment. I have filled in some more fields on my highlight report spreadsheet. You, however, seem to have covered about 20 miles. You're about 15 miles away. Will you passing tonight, or popping in to Haweswater House for a cooked breakfast on Friday morning? Go on, you know you want to!
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