4 days to go..

The journey today took us from Kiddy to Chippenham which on the map looked to be 80 miles so once again we stuck with our routine and a 7:30 breakfast. After some Fawlty Towers esque scenes at breakfast we were on our way and as one punter suggested, "ready, set, cook"!

The first day so far that we hopped on our bikes in the sun, which was a real joy, especially as the mechanic had been to work had greased all out vital organs ready for a hard day in the saddle. 

Our first city was Worcester which came and went in a flash with some red lights jumped and a one way road negotiated the wrong way, all honest mistakes I promise.

We then ended up I what we've found to be Britains most generous town so far. You can guarantee there will be rioting in Tewkesbury at any point. The sun was still shining so we sat ourselves outside a quaint little tea room on the high street. After ordering our pot of tea and various pastries we were enjoying having our feet up and reading the papers when all of a sudden we found ourselves to be the centre of attention based on charitable exploits. We were approached by 5 different groups of people who kindly offered donations to help for heroes, must have been our matching shirts. We were even given some cash by the 'little Britain' style waiter who was keen to eye up our Lycra!

After feeling buoyed by the generosity of Tewkesbury we continued on towards Gloucester and then found after some small climbs that we were much closer than we had first thought and only had 16 miles until we reached Chippenham so we stopped for some lunch and then promptly finished off our day in very good spirits, mainly based on Ed's Benny Hill style riding as his legs seem to go much faster than his bike! They are called gears Pal lets start using them.

Once we'd arrived at the White Hart we were surprised to see both my mum and dad who had kindly made the trip down the M4 to see us which was great! My mum even managed to butter up the manager so that once again we have been donated our stay here. Another 4 courses later and we are ready for an early night again!

Off to Taunton tomorrow