Ledbury - Sherston

We both loved our pod camping experience, although Rob found the floor a bit hard with his lightweight thermarest in comparison to sleeping on earth in the tent. We had porridge for breakfast but unfortunately burnt it so after leaving the campsite had to stop for an emergency breakfast in a lovely bookshop cafe in Newent.

After Newent we passed through the horrors of Gloucester. The cycle route was particularly dubious round here and we kept losing it so often that we ended up wheeling across the middle of a few roundabouts and car parks in search of the right road out of the town.

Having climbed out of Gloucester up Painswick Beacon we were hungry and stopped at Olivas deli for a very good spot of lunch (excellent quesadillas!) and then popped across the road for tea and cake with my great aunt Peggy who it was really lovely to see.

As we cycled our way from Painswick towards Sherston, Rob's back tyre punctured once again so we had a roadside puncture repair session which slightly delayed our progress to Sherston.

However once this was all fixed we rolled our way to my aunty's house in Sherston with no problems where we had lovely hot showers and were treated to a fantastic home made shoulder of lamb curry followed by apple and blackberry crumble. We played with the dogs and caught up with the football and had a very lovely evening.