The story so far. An old codger and his wife set out from Sussex to ride round as many rural Hastoe housing schemes as they could manage. One of them fell twice and continued wounded. She's nearly better today - she can reach her mouth with her her left hand, a decided breakthrough. We got to North Norfolk and then to West Devon and we are now on our way back to Sussex. Yesterday we suffered an exploding tyre. We had descended one of Devon's remarkable hills, brakes on all the way. Evidently this warmed up the tyre to an unacceptable degree. We stopped for a bite to eat and the tyre burst while the bike was parked. Harriet's niece - who lives nearby, came to the rescue with a spare inner tube and we were on our way again. Our longest day so far, starting at 9.15 and arriving at 6.45.A Hastoe tenant kindly gave us a cup of tea at one stop, so perhaps that accounts for the time it took. We did about 39 miles which in Norfolk would have been light work but here in the west country it included 3619 feet of elevation gain. Today we had a soft day and arrived at Sidling St Nicholas, which may be in Somerset or Dorset, via Dorchester which is definitely in Dorset. Tomorrow we hope to be in Wiltshire.
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Well it looks like Jimmie will be making a slightly bigger donation after reading todays post, glad all is still going well and the rain stays away till you get back here, With Love xxx
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ReplyDeleteHa ha ha - Jimi's getting nervous now. Must have to pay double for stand-still explosion. You rock, codgers. Hang in there. Home straight now. Can't wait to see you safely back home (in a plaster cast no doubt). Loads of love xxxxx the gales
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