Day Three

23.03.2008 - Bristol - Shrewsbury

Route:

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/LEJOG-2008-DAY-3

We got dropped off at Cribbs Causeway, at the exact point we were the previous night so no cheating there. The rain began to fall hard and Henry's dad busted us sheltering on a bus stop. It will take of lot of convincing we are not trying LEJOG on public transport. The problem is getting the hands wet right at the start of the day. The lads went for marigolds in the end and as soon as they put them on (inner layer) you guessed, the rain stopped. Oh, well...

Whoever built the Severn Bridge had the good sense of adding a cycle path. I suspect there may have been some Welsh involved because they also had the common sense of building hairpins on their roads and as we tackled one or two and began the first long descent of the day we went by the stunning Tintern Abbey and had a couple of happy hours riding the Wye Valley, sheltered from the howling winds. Then the route flatlined and we got to Shrewsbury pretty quick.

Once again, crazy insane spring weather. Hail, snow, bright sunshine. Snow on top of the Black Mountains.