This morning, I headed along the A38 all the way to Gloucester and, surprisingly, this turned out to be a very nice, quiet road. The fun started after turning off the A40 for Monmouth where the road became fairly undulating with long climbs, but a nice final sweep down to Monmouth. This was followed by a lovely ride through the Wye Valley past Tintern Abbey to pick up the M48 (cycle path) over the old Severn bridge heading into a fairly stiff head wind. The ride back through Avonmouth and then along the Portway was flattish until I passed under the Clifton suspension bridge, and then as my legs began to complain I had to climb up to Clifton. All in all 100 miles wrapped up in just over 6 hours. Bring on Saturday and a 130 miler!
I'd like to thank everybody who has sponsored us so far. Its really appreciated and adds to our motivation!
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