Just rolling

Feeling pleasantly warm and well-fed after a three-course dinner for £8.50 each at Coalport YHA. However, today’s cycling was pretty much the worst yet, mainly on account of the filthy weather. Thunder claps and lightning at breakfast time back in Malvern did not bode well. It rained non-stop, drenching us and the roads so that every climb seemed to take twice as long and you had to brake constantly on the descents.

To conclude, 50 miles in torrential rain can seem an awful lot longer than 60 miles in dry weather. The good news: we are about one third of the way to John O’Groats (at least 340 miles). And this hostel rocks.