Greetings from Leominster
Good day today, we left Tiverton at
06:30 after an interesting night at the Riverbank hotel. As far as we could
see, we were the first people to have stayed there for months, when we asked
what to do with our bikes our hostess said "just leave them in the lounge,
they won't get in anybody's way." The beds, like the breakfast were hard
and cold.
Great ride on the A38 to Bristol. This is one of
those old trunk roads, little used since the motorway opened and virtually
empty on a Sunday morning. Got into Bristol
about 10:30, great seeing the Clifton suspension
bridge, on through the industrial wasteland of Avommouth and on over the Severn bridge and Lunch. The Wye valley was at it's most
beautiful as we peddled along on our way to Monmouth. Tea in Hereford
and got into Leominster
about 7.
Bikes and bodies seem to be still in
reasonable working order. We only had two 'Craig' moments (Craig being
Trailjunkie's daemon mechanic) when Chris' chain came off and Sam's gears
developed a will of their own. Touch wood, so far we have had no 'Wooding'
moments (Amanda Wooding being Berkshire's
coolest physio) as knees and other bits seem to be holding up well.
Up early for the 145 ish miles
to Lancaster, sampling the delights of places
like Warrington and Wigan
en route - Oh Joy!
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