We had a great stay at the Park Inn at Telford, had photo's with the manager and went on our way. 2 more of Martin's colleagues Steve and Harvey joined us for part of the day. We went at a great pace and after a few miles, Martin and Harvey decided to cheat for 4 miles and be pulled by a tractor and trailer. My self and steve thought it was much more game to just pedal without any performance enhancing tractors! Actually, i was just gutted that i didnt think of it first!
Harvey turned back after 20 miles and we headed to our first stop at Whitchurch. I had noticed my front wheel had become out of true, must be all the pot holes,( the roads are just great!!!!) luckily, we rode past a bike shop that trued my wheel up as we had a sarnie in the caf up the road. As we went back to pick up the wheel, martin purchased some nearly cool shades, of course i told him they looked gay!
So we cracked on and steve decided to turn back after 30 miles, nice to ride with them both today. We met a family in Crediton that said they were from Bunbury on the A49, as luck would have it, right on our route. So piccies taken at Bunbury and a drink rest. A Co op van driver chatted to us and donated to our charity, a top fella. The weather turned cracking so a few layers were discarded and we decided to crack on the rest of the day. The roads were great, the weather was great and we both started to feel great. We were flying and right on it. When we were in warrington, the sat nav went a bit pete tong and we ended riding through the pedestrian shopping centre and nearly ended up down copious steps, however, were on the ball!
We found our hotel and chilled and relaxed and went down to have our nosh and watch the football. The combination of carbs and all sorts mean that gas was very much present! We managed to evacuate the bar area and watch the footie in peace.
Happy days!!
Cherrioooo now