The sun shines on, its glorious, perfect for cycling.
By and large its been an easy day, once dismounted you forget the painful bits and just look back over 77 miles with satisfaction. Seriously its been no where near as hard as the first two days , I feel we are hitting our stride.
The countryside has been pleasant but unremarkable. The route we decided on took us up the Vales of Berkeley and then Gloucester from Bristol on the unvarying A38, then northwest out of Gloucester on the A417.
Stopped for lunch in a little village with a PO cum shop and sat on the lawn outside taking in the rural scene. Haven't had much time to do that on the road , its all head down and press on.
On to the A4211 we travelled west of Tewkesbury , to Upton on Severn on the B4242 and on the A443 past Worcester deftly avoiding the Malvern Hills and on the B4196 to Stourport on Severn, nice this river valley cycling!
Here we are esconced in our B&B by 4.30 pm. Today we made more progress than we had planned and that achievment made the day, dare I say it ? enjoyable.
Statistics
Miles today 77
Miles so far 321.3
Saddle time 5 hous 39 mins
Average speed 13.7mph
Max speed 28.9mph
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