Day 3 - Monmouth to Tarporley

Set off at 9am, and we found the first two hours difficult. However, after an early nutrition stop we felt much better and then luckily the A49 was closed to traffic around Ludlow. We carried on in the hope that we would still be able to get through, and this paid off, as we had the road to ourselves for around 10 miles and we got through OK. Toby on the other hand needed to make various diversions which also included (by the appearance of the campervan) some serious off road driving, not linked to the cider trip we hasten to add. We met Toby in Church Stretton, then headed off with a nice tail wind up to Tarporley. The campsite is basically a field (with sheep and a bull) and the van has already needed towing out of the swamp, again not linked to the Weston's Cider, we understand. A better day, 96 miles in total, at an average of 17mph and 5hours and 30 mins in the saddle. Met up with our wives and kids which was really nice, and also heard of the support that we are getting in Farndon. Thank you, it means a lot to us.