Day 15: Hereford to Bristol
MATT: Got up silly early. 5am to be exact. Scoffed some cereal and got on the road. It was the A49, but not busy because it was so early. Had some beastie hills to climb into a headwind but at...
Day 14: Church Stretton to Hereford
MATT:Munched cereal and toast and got on the road by 9.30 which is an improvement on the last few days! The day started with a massive uphill, it was raining and the road was slippy with mud and...
Day 13: Whitchurch to Church Stretton
MATT:We had a lazy morning. Carla left, but she’ll be back before too long I’m sure. Once we got on the road time flew past for me. I think I’m getting the hang of zoning out of...
Day 12: Tarvin to Whitchurch
MATT: We had a bit of a lie in and Gill made us all pancakes and bacon baps. I wasn’t sure if we’d be skating or not. Turns out we were! It was van switching day –...
Day 11: Eccleston to Tarvin
MATT: Today we had lots of toast for breakfast. Well everyone seemed to except me! It kept being brought in but I only got one bit so when we started skating I was pretty depressed ha ha. Peter...
Day 10: Kendal to Eccleston
MATT:Well it should have been dry, but we woke up to the sound of rain pounding down on the roof of the tent. It wasn’t very motivating! Taking a rest day sounded extremely tempting but we...
Day 9: Carlisle to Kendal
MATT:Woke up to a feast of cereal and toast from Sue but missed Dave leaving in the morning. We got on the road from Carlisle, heading out to the rumoured “44 miles of uphill”. I was...
Day 8: Abington to Carlisle
MATT:We decided to get up a bit earlier than usual to crack out the extra miles that we didn’t make yesterday. Today was the first day that I couldn’t stand the porridge – I’m...