No Rain Today And I can't Stop Eating

Chepstow-Tiverton 92 miles

After some porridge, toast and a couple of brews it was time to leave Mathern a small village just south of Chepstow.

A big thanks to Anne for putting me up and feeding me it makes a real difference.

A quick photo by the village sign and it was across the Severn and down to Avonmouth.

I should have learnt my lesson and stated off cycle tracks as you have no idea where you may end up.

A slight detour via a cycle route where I lost the road meant coming out on a road in the right direction but with no signs I ended going back on myself for half mile until I saw the severn bridge, "oops better turn back"

A slight wind behind makes all the difference and I made good time to Clifton Suspension Bridge.

A bit of a climb up to Clifton and was impressed with the town, very quaint.

Across the bridge and again a mass of signs and road markings.

The miserable bloke in the toll office who I walked pass let me walk a quarter of the way across only to find it blocked off due to maintenance. Nice one mate!

I went back thank him for his help and crossed over only to be told off by some jobs worth, "no cycling on the pavement" and pointed to another lane divided by paint.
I told him he was the first person to say that in over 600 miles and perhaps he and his mate on the other side should try and be a bit helpful Twat!

The nightmare continued with a shortcut that took me all over the place ( national cycle path again).

The signs say the route, dist, destination but half way down the road at a junction it's get your crystal ball out time!

Eventually I managed to get on the A38 towards Bristol airport and headed for Bridgewater and Taunton.

Along the way was a few cheeky climbs and with the weather being warn it was hard work. The descents were fast though lacing out at 42mph.

The A38 is a busy road with over 723 casualties in 5 years. I witnessed this first hand with a nasty accident causing massive tailbacks just after Taunton. The car was in a bad way and there was a lot of claret over the place. Not nice and such a waste.

Some of the drivers come so close and so fast it's unbelievable and quite un
nerving.

Bumped into a group of guys on road bikes who left on Friday last so it shows how many more miles they are doing per day to catch up, also they don't carry any luggage.

Arrived at Tiverton at about 17:15 so made excellent time, over 90 miles in about 7 hours cycle time.

One observation is that Iceland deliver! So not only do they sell frozen processed food but they deliver to exactly the people that should be exercising, not having their food delivered.

Early night tonight as a really long day and early start as I want to get as close to my parents house in St Ives.

Early start 0600.

Knees are holding out but my legs are a little tired.

Eating loads, today's intake;

Porridge
Toast
3 x Bananas
1 x Marathon (snickers in new money)
1 x energy bar
1 x carbo gel sachet
1 x McDonalds Chicken burger and chips
1 x chicken and pasta for lunch
1 x large Fruit and Nut bar
2 x flapjacks
1 x pasta and chicken (evening meal)
1 x chocolate cheesecake
1 pint Milk
1 x packet of peanuts
3 litres of carbo drink