So after two fairly uneventful days, as Rabbie Burns said the best laid plans of mice and men aft gang awry. Mice however as far as I am aware don't ride bikes from LE to JOG and so don't have to deal with the array of mechanical issues we did today. First of all the curse stuck Matt's chain bent, which meant we sat by the side of the road for an hour cobbling together a fix to get him to a bike shop. A few miles down the road, just outside Cullompton Matt's rear tyre exploded. Another 10 minutes to change the inner tube and it was off again, only for Iain's rear derailler to jam, unable to fix it we limped into Taunton where Ian from Ian's cycles fixed all the bikes and was very helpful in getting us on our way again. We carried on to Bridgewater where we stopped for a photo at the sign for the town, carried on for 5 yards before Matt punctured his rear tyre again. After this we just got our heads down and got a real pace up until we stopped for Matt to have chips and Iain and Alan to have a Mr Whippy cone from the pier. Finally arrived at the campsite in Congresbury at 17:00.
Today's photo is of us leaving Crediton this morning.
Going for Morton on Lugg, just north off Hereford tomorrow
Peace
Iain, Alan and Matt
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