Saturday 13th September
Today Mileage 62miles ∑Total to date 331miles J
Remarkably that’s over a third of the journey completed and moving to the end of the English part of the journey from Ledbury to Shrewsbury.
Great B & B in Ledbury which seems a thriving little market town with lots of posh ladies (so Tina, Joan and Corinne felt right at home. Not!) The B & B gave us some apples and pears from their trees to eat on the journey and the mannie used his drill on Tina’s bike to fix her light fitting. Very obliging couple so a big thank you to them. As we left Ledbury, we saw a sign for “sheep racing” – not sure how that works but we were sorry we were going to miss it!! Not much later, we saw a sign for duck racing – the poor livestock in this part of the world must be knackered!! This area’s economy seems to be based on fruit and hops – saw a few oast houses which reminded Corinne of the green fields of Kent, her “home” county. There are some pretty tidy bits of property around here – we think “Beckingham Palace” (home of Posh and Becks) is somewhere round here – maybe we’ll call in for tea!!
Breaks came again in the form of pub car parks – we’ve decided that on this trip we seem to be getting away with things that ordinarily just wouldn’t happen, for example, setting up a picnic table and food in the car park of a beautiful little English village called Church Stretton in Shropshire. The locals thought we were barmy or foreign (Tina was making phone calls in Gaelic!)
The A49 provided the quickest route (the line of least resistance ie no hills) into Shrewsbury in the afternoon. Bit of argy bargy with Shrewsbury drivers – lots of hooting and fast traffic. Tina did a disappearing act on the way into the town – she went to see a man about a dog or a woman about a plant in Dobbies Garden Centre!! Nice early finish – guest house in Shrewsbury a cross between Rising Damp and Fawlty Towers (Basil Fawlty meets Mr Rigsby!!)
Today Mileage 62miles ∑Total to date 331miles J
Remarkably that’s over a third of the journey completed and moving to the end of the English part of the journey from Ledbury to Shrewsbury.
Great B & B in Ledbury which seems a thriving little market town with lots of posh ladies (so Tina, Joan and Corinne felt right at home. Not!) The B & B gave us some apples and pears from their trees to eat on the journey and the mannie used his drill on Tina’s bike to fix her light fitting. Very obliging couple so a big thank you to them. As we left Ledbury, we saw a sign for “sheep racing” – not sure how that works but we were sorry we were going to miss it!! Not much later, we saw a sign for duck racing – the poor livestock in this part of the world must be knackered!! This area’s economy seems to be based on fruit and hops – saw a few oast houses which reminded Corinne of the green fields of Kent, her “home” county. There are some pretty tidy bits of property around here – we think “Beckingham Palace” (home of Posh and Becks) is somewhere round here – maybe we’ll call in for tea!!
Breaks came again in the form of pub car parks – we’ve decided that on this trip we seem to be getting away with things that ordinarily just wouldn’t happen, for example, setting up a picnic table and food in the car park of a beautiful little English village called Church Stretton in Shropshire. The locals thought we were barmy or foreign (Tina was making phone calls in Gaelic!)
The A49 provided the quickest route (the line of least resistance ie no hills) into Shrewsbury in the afternoon. Bit of argy bargy with Shrewsbury drivers – lots of hooting and fast traffic. Tina did a disappearing act on the way into the town – she went to see a man about a dog or a woman about a plant in Dobbies Garden Centre!! Nice early finish – guest house in Shrewsbury a cross between Rising Damp and Fawlty Towers (Basil Fawlty meets Mr Rigsby!!)
3 comments:
Well done - great to see progress is going so well. You have been to an area I knew well before I moved to the Highlands. Glad you liked Ledbury. And the guest house in Shrewsbury sounds amazing - tell me more when we meet in Inverness!
You're doing great - knew you would. Rest day at Dublin coming up to look forward to! Much easier for us just sitting here reading about your adventures rather than having to actually do it! Richard says he'll leave a comment tomorrow. Onwards and upwards! (hopefully not upwards too often!!)
Hi guys. After leaving you in Street on Thursday we went to Cheddar Gorge before coming home on Friday. Glad you're doing so well. Honestly it's downhill all the way to Holyhead from Shrewsbury...
Wishing you favourable winds and no more punctures !
Andrew, Ann & Natalie
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