First cycle tour finished! +pics

[yashicamat]

Got back yesterday from the 3 day Shropshire / Wales / Cheshire tour (Saturday to Monday). Fantastic! Didn't do massive mileage, 50 miles day one, 55 miles day two and 65 miles day 3, but due to a rotating weather system, we had a headwind every day. Doh.

The bike was fantastic, although I grew tired of the indexed rear shifter very quickly and turned that onto just plain friction. The tourers, despite being fully loaded with camping kit, were pretty rapid. Moving average speeds for each day were 12.1mph, 14.7mph and 13.9 mph. Very pleased with that and we caught up a number of road cyclists (on racing bikes) which was quite entertaining.

A few pics:

Start of the ride (yours truly on the left):

Refreshments at lunchtime on Saturday:

Camp Saturday evening in Bishops Castle:

The bikes at Whittington (I think? Forget the name of the place):

Aquaduct at Trevor (near Llangollen):

Camp Sunday evening in Llangollen:

End of the ride! (yours truly on the right):

Great stuff!

 

[bonj2]

excellent, nice pic of the aqueduct. looks like you've got no ground beneath you.

did you do the horseshoe pass?

 

[yashicamat]

excellent, nice pic of the aqueduct. looks like you've got no ground beneath you.

did you do the horseshoe pass?

I was teetering on the far edge of the aquaduct lol. Didn't actually plan to end up at that vantage point (nobody else was there lol) but took advantage. Didn't do the horseshoe pass (I don't think). Most of the route stuck to low lying lanes really.

 

[bonj2]

I was teetering on the far edge of the aquaduct lol. Didn't actually plan to end up at that vantage point (nobody else was there lol) but took advantage. Didn't do the horseshoe pass (I don't think). Most of the route stuck to low lying lanes really.

you'd know if you did

 

[yashicamat]

you'd know if you did

Did end up on some very steep lanes, but they weren't passes! Where is the horseshoe pass? Sounds interesting now.

 

[bonj2]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...3.012666,-3.198309&spn=0.027162,0.055189&z=14

 

[yashicamat]

Ahh right, cheers. No we headed across to Cheshire from Llangollen on day 3. The hills around Lllangollen are fairly lofty so I can imagine what that pass is like though!