Today's route details are here.
A cloudy start, but the sun certainly shone down on us for the rest of the day once we were in our stride. The first 30 miles were generally flat - we were crossing the Somerset levels; the Strawberry Line cycle path and on through the Gordano Valley - a lovely road surface!
Once we had crossed the old Severn Crossing (very windy!) and waited for our own David Bailey (Bob) to get his mini tripod out, we found that the hills were back with us as expected, however, cycling through the Wye Valley made for a very pretty cycle ride.
We were joined by Mike (who really should get a faster bike as he had only managed to catch us up by the end of the day!) He had located us via his iPhone - we're not sure if he wanted to see us or was pining for his iPad which we are borrowing! (He's really missing it - cheers for lending it to us Mike!)
We were greeted at our Hereford stop by Rita (Rita offers a fantastic B&B for people visiting Hereford or surrounding areas and can be contacted at - rita117@btinternet.com ) who made us very welcome in her lovely house, and food a-plenty - thanks Rita! We also met up with an ex-tutor of Trudy's, who offered us some sponsor money and introduced us to some fine local beer, a pint of Butty at The Barrels (highly recommended) - thanks Richard!
Onwards and northwards...
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