Poor Sian + Lucy probably felt the rain more than any of us today! Today they both thought would be plain sailing up to Shrewsbury - flat and a nice day in store! Alas that was not meant to be....It turned out to be rather hilly! So add the hills, wind + rain (ooh and fatigue!) a day that was challenging in its own sweet way.
As always the duo were in good spirits after some grub and despite the weather and the terrain they reported another successful day.
Ross - on - Wye was left behind at about 9.00am and they pootled up some hills past Hereford and reached Leominster just in time for a 'scooby snack + drink'! (you'll see the photo of their pit stop) In fact a jacket potato was just what the doc ordered after the hills!
Ludlow the next place mentioned but they were cycling so fast they didn't stop ... Church Streaton was next and here there was the need of a pot of tea! Finally along the A49 all the way to Shrewsbury - arriving at a very respectable time of 5.45pm (although it took half an hour to find the guest house!)
Today there were no such excitment as crossing the bridges but just hills, hills and more hills! Wind in the face all day long and wet through - yukky! At least the guest house has a bath - a very rewarding bonus on the tired old legs!
OK so some of you are wondering - no mishaps? No! No punctures (that very nice man in the cycle shop has done a great job on Lucy's bike!) No mishaps but just loads of hills, wind and rain! Nothing Lucy and Sian can't handle!
Critical stats: Calories burned : 2879 - Total miles : 72 - Max speed : 33.1 (Lucy, Sian's isn't working so max speed always gonna be Lucy's!) - Ride time: 6hr 30mins
Oh nearly forgot - they got one offer of a massage and their friend from Uni, John has joined them for dinner! They were just ordering dessert when telephoning in blog news!
Well done girls - that must be 363 miles completed. Lets hope there is not so much rain and hills tomorrow.
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