Day 3 Dedicated to Moyna (about 7)

Moyna is a skinny wee girl with chopped of hair becuase of nits and has very little teeth, however she is always smiling. She has no mum or dad, she was found in Howrah station and was beginnning to be addicted to glue sniffing. Thankfully she was rescued in time, she is now as bright as a button and full of energy, she has been saved from a horrible existence of abuse and addictionand is now very much loved and cared for.

Day 3 Cheddar - Ludlow 113 miles

What a day ...... we left Cheddar and made our way up through the gorge which was pretty spectatcular, there was no one else there but us ... it was a bit of a climb but well worth it. On the descent we found a bike shop so Speedy got some replacement spokes, and in fact almost bought a new bike !! but didnt ....

If there was a day that both Speedy and Dad were least looking forward to it was today as they were both a little unsure about navigating around Bristol, but i have to say they both did amazingly, not one wrong turn...we left dad and went on the cycle route and he headed out on to the motorway, we were enjoying the nice quiet cycle route then BANG !!!!!!!!!! poorspeedy encoutered our first accident, some idiot in a land rover nearly took him out and forced him into a hedge ;-( As you would expect not even a grumble and he soldiered on.....

Then we met some other end to enders heading the wrong way on the Avonmouth Bridge they were totally lost, so we thought it would be nice for us all to ride the 15 ish miles to the Severn bridge together...so Speedy navigated us around perhaps a dozen roundabouts and got us on to the bridge with ease, we kind of cycled on as they took photos but stopped at the other side, when they caught up they just rode on , not even a thankyou to speedy for helping them ...if he hadnt helped them they would have ended up in France !! how rude ....never mind.

So we cycled on to Tinttern Abbey where we met dad for lunch and all was going great, 55 miles easily done by 12 noon. hmmmmmm then we had a bit of a problem ... we got on our bikes and we headed out on the back roads, firstly we encoutered a three mile climb and my thighs began to burn, i dont mean like i've been at a double spin class i mean really really burn, for the next 30 miles all we did was climb descend, climb, descend, climb descend... which doeasnt sound that bad but this if my third consecutive day of over 100 miles and quite frankly all i wanted was the flatest way to get to Ludlow.

We met dad at 82 miles, i was a bit wobbly so they filled me with coffee, jelly babies, tablet and one of Bobs power shots (i dont even care what was in it ) My legs were tired that much was obvious and i still had 30 miles to go ... so after a quick chit chat i suggested we cycle on the A roads for a bit as it was flatter and in better condition. I was sitting on the back step of the van feeling knackered, but knackered wasnt going to get me 30 miles to Ludlow, it was simple, there was no point moaning all i had to do was get on my bike, get my head done and flipping well pedal... so thats what we did and the next thirty miles flew in, the sugar kicked in and we blasted it in under two hours. It just show you how quickly you can recover. Physically and mentally.

It was a long hard day, but for the last 30 miles all i thought was , i'm going to see Stacey and Phil, i'm going to see Stacey and Phil, i'm going to see Stacey and Phil ( some friends that were coming out from Gloucester to say hi )...... we made it to our accomodation,i managed to pull on some trackies and spray on some prada just as they were parking up. I cant tell you how much it helped me seeing some friends at the end of such a hard day. Thanks guys ...i love you loads ... mwaaaahhhhhh xxx

 So another victory to the cyclcists today cyclcists 113 miles v support 117 (your getting better dad)

Moving on, Dad is doing great and Speedy as always is keeping me going and keepng me safe on the road. Three days gone eight more to go. Mancheter is calling ......................Day 4 Cmon Speedy lets do it .......

p.s thanks to all of you for your kind comments, txt and emails of support....most appreciated xxx