Yesterday we were holding our collective breaths for what today's trip to Bristol would bring. The day lived up to expectations. For all of us except our old friend and "Sherpa", Almero, it was the first time that Michael, Arlene and I had ridden up a hill with a incline approaching 17 degrees. In short, some might say that that is the reason that one drives something with an engine!
Today's 1811m of climb takes us to a total of 5481m of elevation climbed in three days...four times the height of Ben Nevis.
The flip side of this is that it is also possible for some of us to do in excess of 60km/hour on a downhill.
We also got to meet and follow the some cows taking a walk down the lane and to have coffee and ice cold Coke at a working sawmill. All in a day's work.
A massive thanks to Almero for the expert sherpa-ing over the past two days. It was quite a ride!
Now for something with hopefully a bit less elevation as we head off from Bristol to Worcester tomorrow.
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