At quarter to nine when we were setting off it was already quite warm, the start of what was a really pleasant day with gentle sun and a lovely warmth. We stuck to a nice woody hedge-lined maze of quiet little roads as we headed into Ludlow, which was very pretty and quaint and which also felt very Southern! We stopped here for tea and a panini (brunch really) and then carried on down the B road towards Tenbury and Ledbury. We did get a little lost trying to leave Ludlow, a common theme for us!
Being in Herefordshire and it being harvest time there were alot of tractors on the roads today and on the way into Tenbury we pulled over to let a large one with a plough on the back pass by, only for it to knock me over with the edge of its plough which spilled over the side of the road. Fortunately it just hit my pannier and I just wobbled over in the lay by. Alarming though! After this we stopped to pick up a consolatory custard tart in Tenbury and a couple of pasties of lunch and spoke to a guy who was a bike maker - he makes Flying Gate bikes and was very interested in our journies. We ate our pasties on the road out of the town towards Ledbury.
We noticed we passed a lot of orchards today and on the way to Ledbury passed a shop selling local cider so stopped and picked up a few to go with our dinner. This evening we are staying in a camping pod in the woods outside of Ledbury.
The inside has no furniture but a plug socket and a little light and heater and we have a nice porch to sit on and cook dinner (pasta and pesto).
We've been sampling our lovely local cider and Rob is working on a fire (not much luck so far as there's little in the dry way of kindling around!). Tomorrow we head for Sherston and my aunty's house, can't wait!
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