10 October 2010
Another early start saw us putting on our lights for the first time. The morning was cold and misty but it promised to be a nice day. As we left Shropshire and entered Herefordshire the terrain became a little more rolling again. We headed south through the picturesqe little town of Ledbury and then to Gloucester where the first small dissater of the day occured. I put my hand in my pocket, pulled out my days map and dropped it and seeing as I was on a duel carridgeway at the time there was no going back to get it. A ll we could to was head for the next town which was Stroud and meet up with Carl and Amy and get a replacement page from the spare map that I had brought for just such occasions. We rendevouzed at Stroud, topped up our supplies of food and water and also took the opportunity to call into halfords to pick up some brake blocks for bot bikes which I knew I was going to have to fit at some point over the next few days. It was turning out to be vital to have a support crew who would meet you when you needed them, go onto the accomadations check you in and take up your bags and even have your tea ready for you on occasions. It saves so much time because all we were having to do was cycle and bed. After a long steep climb out of Stroud the road suddenly flattened and the ride was pleasant until we reached the busy A46into bath. Be warned the stretch between Doddington and Pennsyluauia is lethal at rush hour and Julie crashed the bike, On the occasion no serious harm done other that some vast grasing. So we reached the YHA at bath at about 7.30 feeling down and disappointed.
Millage = 757.5
Millage = 757.5