I really enjoyed reading your blog Superbadger, a few years ago i did my first solo trip, not as far as yours and much like you a few things went a little different to how I planned, the main one been that the camp site that i was suppose to stay at had shut down a few years earlier and the next one was 15 mile away and it was 9 pm !!Like you experienced someone helping you out, a bloke watering his front garden realized my predicament and let me camp in his garden, let me use his shower, made me some tea, and made me breakfast the next morning and that alone made my trip. Next year I hope to get into Norfolk from Hull, cycling around for 5 days or so, so your blog was a very interesting read. I agree with you that you can tour on a shoestring if you set your mind to it. Well done again.