When we arrived on Wednesday night we were so tired, we ordered chinese take-away to be delivered. ~We were so hungry and looked forward to, but it was awful when it arrived.
We left Ludlow after breakfast on Thursday and cycled through Herriford, Monmouth, through the Wye Valley and onwards to Bristol. We took a wrong turn in Monmouth, which added an extra hour to our journey. During the ride through the Wye Valley Jerry's knee was of great cause for concern. We went over the old Seven Bridge, turned right into Avonmouth, through the industrial estate where there is more broken glass on the roads and pavements than in all the household recycling centres in the UK put together!. It was amazing we didn't get a puncture.
Progress was extremely slow in the day because of Jerry's knee. We asked directions to our B&B in a local pub, only to find out six miles later that they had sent us the wrong way, so having cycled 83 miles it was a great disappointment.
On arrival at the B&B at Bristol Jerry had decided that it was not possible to continue his ride the Lands End because of his right knee. We then made the decision to call Julie and it was decided that Julie and Phil would drive up early morning. Jerry would go in the car with Julie as support and Phil would ride with Joe for company. It was with great disappointment that we have to report that Jerry could no longer continue with the ride having got so far.
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