50 miles today! Halfway.
We started off the day with groans and moans and saddle sores. We were on the B3227 the whole day. I don’t like going downhill, especially steep hills. My sense of balance is faulty. It was the hardest day for me because of the relentless 25% hills.
3 months ago we could hardly get up the hills in the Cotswolds and now we are climbing successive steep hills. In fact we are almost forgetting what it’s like to ride on the flat. Edge Hill near home once seemed impossible to climb, but now seems easy (but I haven’t climbed it yet). Luckily the hills in the afternoon were much kinder.
You can see how the roads drop and climb in this pic.
Hugh and Graham brought their own high performance foods on the trip.
Hugh with sweet oat bars
Graham's grapefruit
Yeh Somerset!!
Steve’s legs are hurting him badly, so the ladies are giving him tender loving care – perhaps it’s all a ruse!
Steve & Graham on break
Tour de France here we come!
The gears on Liz’s expensive racing bike (which she only bought 2 months ago) shattered in the last mile before our destination. The back wheel seized up completely. Luckily Liz was climbing a hill so going relatively slowly. Brian brought a spare bike along which Liz will now use for the rest of the journey. Unlucky for Liz it’s a mountain bike, so she’ll be joining me and Graham with our mountain bikes.
Liz's broken bike
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