After breakfasting with Simon and Vicky we set off this morning with Simon guiding us out of Bristol. This was a slightly more direct route than the one that the meandering Yorkshireman had led us in on last evening. When Simon left us we continued on to 'That Old Bridge' on the M48 into Wales where we battled with strong winds from our left. Once over we climbed up the valley to Tintern Abbey where Pete spotted that someone had stolen the lead off the roof. Then the aforesaid climb past Offa's Dyke and on into the Forest of Dean before dropping down to a delightful road along the River Wye. Finally we arrived at The White House in Ross-on-Wye where we carried the bikes to a cellar for safe keeping before enjoying a cup of tea made by Judy who welcomed us to the B&B.
Delighted to hear that you are making such good progress.
ReplyDeleteYou may be interested in the snippet I read in The Week for 3rd September: ''It has been a good week for Darren Whitehead, who broke the record for travelling from John O'Groats to Land's End on a lawn mower. Whitehead from Stoke and his friend Tony Dwight, from Wigan, covered the 1,100 miles in five days- a day less than achieved in 1996.''
You may have missed a trick in not using a lawnmower, but they were obviously going downhill! Real men do the uphill route!!
We are enjoying reading your blog everyday, so keep up the good work.
All the best to the three of you.
Vicki Soutar