Distance covered: 69 miles
Average speed: 10.7mph
Time cycling: 6.26
Total time: 10hrs
Groaters (the term given to those who have ridden end to end) say it is a cruel start to the ride and they are not wrong, after the first two days we were looking forward to leaving the hills of devon and cornwall behind. The weather was nice again, Jo looks like a liquorice allsort with all kinds of strange tan lines, but it was windy. We had to do about 9 miles on dual carriageways and the wind was blowing us out towards the trucks which was a bit unpleasant. Jo also seems to have got a cold, which doesn't make breathing up the hills any easier, so i'm carrying her panniers as well as my own!
After riding round glastonbury tor we arrived in Wells to a bit of luxury, staying in a B&B rather than a youth hostel. The woman tried to make us leave our bikes outside and with rain threathenng and the potential for them to get nicked. I pulled the old charity guilt trip and said lots of little badgers and children would suffer so she let me take them in.
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