Thursday 10th September
Today Mileage 27miles ∑Total to date 205miles J
Easy day today – apart from a few cracking hills over the Mendips – beautiful part of the England-shire, tiny little villages with quaint old pubs called funny names like the Pig and Trotter and the Castle of Comfort (obviously hadn’t ever been on any of our saddles!) We found via John’s GPS that we climbed 2 hills, one over 1000ft and the other over 800ft – Tina and John managed to cycle all the way – Joan and Corinne bottled out and walked most of the way. Tina got the prize for the first puncture, the mending of which was very much a team effort – the ladies providing the common sense and the men trying to use as many gadgets as they could (without reading the instructions!) We have a great photo of Jimmy pumping the tyre with his super duper new fangled tyre pump (why use something old that works when you can buy a new one!)
Puncture repaired, we journeyed to Wells where we decided we would have to sample Ye Olde Cream Tea before moving out of the West Country – scones with jam and clotted cream, delicious! Wells is the smallest city in the UK with a beautiful cathedral which you can see from miles away. Full of pretty hanging baskets and cobbled streets – we all agreed we would like to come back and explore at a later date (Joan wants to explore Wookey Hole, a place nearby with huge caves – there’s something about the name that tickles her!)
On from there and Bristol was our final destination – to stay with Maggie and Tim again. The view from theirs is very picturesque – rolling English hills, moo cows grazing in the fields, swimming pool in the back garden!
Its taken us 4 days, but we’ve begun to get a bit more organised – we try to plan our micro route the night before and all gear to save time in the morning.
Today Mileage 27miles ∑Total to date 205miles J
Easy day today – apart from a few cracking hills over the Mendips – beautiful part of the England-shire, tiny little villages with quaint old pubs called funny names like the Pig and Trotter and the Castle of Comfort (obviously hadn’t ever been on any of our saddles!) We found via John’s GPS that we climbed 2 hills, one over 1000ft and the other over 800ft – Tina and John managed to cycle all the way – Joan and Corinne bottled out and walked most of the way. Tina got the prize for the first puncture, the mending of which was very much a team effort – the ladies providing the common sense and the men trying to use as many gadgets as they could (without reading the instructions!) We have a great photo of Jimmy pumping the tyre with his super duper new fangled tyre pump (why use something old that works when you can buy a new one!)
Puncture repaired, we journeyed to Wells where we decided we would have to sample Ye Olde Cream Tea before moving out of the West Country – scones with jam and clotted cream, delicious! Wells is the smallest city in the UK with a beautiful cathedral which you can see from miles away. Full of pretty hanging baskets and cobbled streets – we all agreed we would like to come back and explore at a later date (Joan wants to explore Wookey Hole, a place nearby with huge caves – there’s something about the name that tickles her!)
On from there and Bristol was our final destination – to stay with Maggie and Tim again. The view from theirs is very picturesque – rolling English hills, moo cows grazing in the fields, swimming pool in the back garden!
Its taken us 4 days, but we’ve begun to get a bit more organised – we try to plan our micro route the night before and all gear to save time in the morning.
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