Given the choice of going up to Scotland or going abroad we decided on the latter for a change. Take a map of the UK and draw a line from the Humber to the Severn estuaries, say Hull to Gloucester and we've done basically SFA riding below that line. So ...
That's nice
Cath decided to get a move on.
Which eventually led to lots of this:
And this:
But also some of this:
Cath wanted better radio reception and deployed her secret aerial
Whilst waiting for our meal at a pub Cath decided to perfect her three colour daguerrotype technique with me modelling a some BB produce. The cyclist in the background now has a certificate from Guiness for the longest trackstand in a racing position.
After a top up at another pub we bivvied for the night. The morning brought the only "bad" weather of the trip. The mist cleared within an hour or so.
A nice long descent included some sunken lanes
Some beech woods, I like beech woods, they have a nice calm light.
Irish sign writer at work!
Big hill
Looking down big hill
Ah Winchester! We went a bit wrong here and followed the SDW into town rather than the KAW
Some bloke being celebrated for showing the locals how to open a tin of spam
Country lanes
Our second bivy. The track is running along the right edge of the shot but there's a bank between it and the tent so we couldn't be seen by someone walking along it.
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Our steeds
Old Sarum hill fort just outside Salisbury
On Salisbury Plain working our way around the firing ranges.
On the long descent to Avebury, it's just hidden behind the trees above Cath's head. The Ridgeway begins on the hills in the distance
Early versions of the tarp poles weren't as portable
Typical Ridgeway track
A long grassy descent
Early morning on the Ridgeway
So home counties
Finished off with some wandering around Reading trying to find our underground car park. It was actually only about 200m off-route.
