45 miles on our final day. In total we did 325 miles - 50 hours of cycling and 5 hours of map reading.
Andy Fog joined us at 7 am at the breakfast table in Gloucester. He left his home in Warwick at 2 am and cycled 45 miles to meet us only to cycle the whole way back (and he still held the lead). He is leaving today to France to cycle the Marmotte - a cycling event in the Alps in which 8000 people start and only half make it to the finish! Go Andy Go!!
Graham & Andy
Andy led us out of Gloucester without a map - in fact not a single stop for map reading all day. As a result it was the first day we did a bit of sight seeing (railway station in Toddington), stopped for ice cream in Broadway, chips in a pub in Mickleton and still it was our best time yet! We arrived back home at 3:30 pm!
We arrived at Ronnie's (The Royal Oak) just as Ronnie was rolling a ciggie and having a bit of quiet me-time (sorry Ronnie). Bikes were parked, beers were poured and the wind down began.
Feeling happy we then cycled up to the Peacock up in Oxhill where we were given champagne and yet more beer!! Big thank you to Pam & Yvonne!
We stumbled home for showers and to say hi to loved ones, only to all meet up again for an early doors party at Ronnies. Penny put out a delicious spread - in appearance and taste. Thank you also to Rosemary for helping to organise our home coming party. We ate, we drank, we told wild tales of our adventure and had a wonderful wonderful evening.
I got a bit emotional at the end of the evening because Ronnie & Penny gave us (Different Strokes) £200. I was very touched!
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