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| Surprised at Getting This Far |
It seems minutes since we left Chepstow having done only 27 miles today, we have had a half day! The reason being we are booked in to Yan and Jo's in Portishead tomorrow leaving us two days to get to Honiton and the weekend booked with friends. A whole weekend off! Will we get back in the saddle? The plan is to then go home for a day and resume the last leg on Wednesday getting back for Saturday so Lycra lad can resume his rugby duties and support his beloved Exeter Chiefs against Leicester.
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| Coffee and Welsh-cakes in Honour of Crossing the Welsh Border |
We left the Royal Hotel quite late, spent quite a time trying to get an onward booking for Chepstow. So difficult! The races are on today so Chepstow is booked up. There seems to be no evidence of shortage of money in the B&B and hotel industry, everywhere we have been places have been fully booked and turning people away. Even The Royal, which has seen better days, was fully booked and the tables at breakfast were full.
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| New Use for Hotel Shower Cap |
Over the last 19 days we have been quite lucky with the weather, some wind in Scotland and again yesterday and some rain in Gretna.The rain more than made up for it today, from about 10.30 until about 4pm it came down non stop, we were soaked! Stopped in Tintern for some lunch and I felt really embarrassed squelching through the pub dripping everywhere. Conquered the long climb into Chepstow to The Beaufort Hotel in the centre and at the bottom of the hill this time ! Again, an old a hotel which has seen better days Also, what is the problem in these places with opening windows. You arrive from the fresh air into a stuffy room reeking of cleaning products, enough to make you want to walk right out again.
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| Chepstow Castle |
Having arrived early we had time to have a walk around the historic town of Chepstow and visit the castle. Lovely to stretch different muscles!
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| Tintern Abbey |
Good effort PPs. We can sense you getting closer. Nearly home. Best wishes Jim.
ReplyDeleteWell done N&N I am amazed at how quickly you have progressed across the country, you are practically done!! Fantastic, I bet you never thought you'd do as well as you have. Maybe your next challenge should be Jo'burg to Cape Town via the garden route that should keep you busy for a couple of weeks :)
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