A Week on the Road

It's 9pm, and after some pizza for dinner in Leominster team Tandem and Tuba are all just about ready for their beds. It's been another wet day to round off a busy week on the bikes. Here are the official statistics:

Miles cycled so far - 305 (Almost one third of the way to John o'Groats)

Time taken - 6 days, 7 hours

Average speed - 2.0 mph (Sounds pretty unimpressive when you put it like that)

Feet ascended - 12,303 (42% of the way up Everest)

Number of punctures - 5

Pasties eaten - 19 (a good 15,000 calories)

Ice creams eaten - 0

Wildlife - 1 albino ferret, 3 squashed hedgehogs, 5 dead badgers, 4 ostriches rhea, a peregrine falcon, heron, and lots of ducks

And here are a few pictures:

Jamie celebrates reaching Tintagel on day 2

Stopping for coffee (read: lots of biscuits and bananas) on our way to Okehampton, day 3.

Markus, the cameraman, getting some shots at the edge of Dartmoor

The team are joined by Aunty Katie and grandparents Graham and Sheila for lunch by the Severn Estuary, day 6.