Leominster to Bristol 17 Sep 07

Mon 17 Sep 07. After a very restful night in what is probably the oldest YHA we will stay in on this odyssey, the Leominster Old Priory, which survived The Dissolution of 1539, we departed on a lovely, fresh autumn morning on the next leg to Bristol.

With the weather balmy compared to yesterday, with fairly clear skies and virtually no wind, the team were soon eating up the miles south. In what seemed like no time at all we were stopping for our first tea break in the car park of The Grafton pub, and once refreshed we continued on to the town of Monmouth (really racking in the Type 23’s!) across the Welsh border.
The plan had been to do some money collecting in Monmouth (posing as ex-ships’ company which didn’t please the submariners!), but the streets were pretty quiet and it was decided to push on for Bristol.

The run between Monmouth and Chepstow saw some fabulous scenery through the Wye Valley, and prompted one or two members to think about touring the UK in slow time some time in the future
We still weren’t sure at this stage if bicycles were allowed to cross the Severn Bridge, and Andy went on ahead to clarify. As it was there was a pedestrian/cycle way across the bridge, saving a possible detour around Gloucester of some 30 miles! We arrived in Bristol at 1700, and, once we have managed to park the vans, we will probably take a stroll around the re-vamped dockland area. In the morning we are going to “hit” Abbey Wood; Split up guys, we can do more damage that way! On completion we head for Devon and an overnight stop in Beer!

P.S. Hev – I spared you the pregnant blonde joke!

Miles done today: 69
Total Miles done: 714
Calories on the Tankieometer today: 3700
Monies Collected: Nil