A day in Wales
Chepstow to Woebley 52.1 miles
Day started off in typical Welsh fashion - raining - but it soon cleared and the rest of the day was lovely sunshine. We were given a choice of routes for the morning - along the main road but pretty flat or off the main road but pretty hilly. Being a nutter and also not really liking traffic noise spoiling my tranquillity I opted for the hilly route, which turned out to be a 45 minute, 5 mile slog, then down the other side, then another 45 minute 5 mile slog up again. Was beginning to regret my choice of route...
Felt pretty good today, a lof ofthe tiredness seems to have gone away, just like they said it would by day 6. Constantly weary though.
Day turned out to be quite similar to the last two days with lots of hills to slog up in the morning, then pretty flat (that's Welsh flat, not East Anglia flat...) in the afternoon. Very scenic route today with very little traffic seen all day.
Crossed over back into England towards the end of the day. Of course we are far to darn lazy to signify the border in any way - the only way of knowing was that two houses on either side of the road were flying George Cross flags. I thought "what on earth are people doing flying English flags in Wales, they'll get their houses burnt down", before sussing out it was their way of saying we were crossing the border.
Ended up in Woeblay which is a very very pretty village somewhere near Hay-on-Wye. Not quite sure where as too small for streetmap.com.
Sorry for lack of photos by the way, am having a problem with the memory card on my phone. Have taken hundreds of photos with the film camera - took 20 films with me and used most of them already.
Stats for the day:
Time cycling: 4hrs 23 mins
Average speed 11.7mph (darn hills)
Max speed 34.5mph
Total done so far: 310 miles
Left to do: 700 miles
Love to all
Day started off in typical Welsh fashion - raining - but it soon cleared and the rest of the day was lovely sunshine. We were given a choice of routes for the morning - along the main road but pretty flat or off the main road but pretty hilly. Being a nutter and also not really liking traffic noise spoiling my tranquillity I opted for the hilly route, which turned out to be a 45 minute, 5 mile slog, then down the other side, then another 45 minute 5 mile slog up again. Was beginning to regret my choice of route...
Felt pretty good today, a lof ofthe tiredness seems to have gone away, just like they said it would by day 6. Constantly weary though.
Day turned out to be quite similar to the last two days with lots of hills to slog up in the morning, then pretty flat (that's Welsh flat, not East Anglia flat...) in the afternoon. Very scenic route today with very little traffic seen all day.
Crossed over back into England towards the end of the day. Of course we are far to darn lazy to signify the border in any way - the only way of knowing was that two houses on either side of the road were flying George Cross flags. I thought "what on earth are people doing flying English flags in Wales, they'll get their houses burnt down", before sussing out it was their way of saying we were crossing the border.
Ended up in Woeblay which is a very very pretty village somewhere near Hay-on-Wye. Not quite sure where as too small for streetmap.com.
Sorry for lack of photos by the way, am having a problem with the memory card on my phone. Have taken hundreds of photos with the film camera - took 20 films with me and used most of them already.
Stats for the day:
Time cycling: 4hrs 23 mins
Average speed 11.7mph (darn hills)
Max speed 34.5mph
Total done so far: 310 miles
Left to do: 700 miles
Love to all
posted by Chris Pugh at 5:27 pm
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