Wrenbury - Cardington

I'm pleased to report that dinner turned out to be eminently edible. Spicy chicken goujons followed by hotpot went down a treat and was excellent, especially for the price.

Today's cycling was a fairly gentle affair through a constant maze of high hedges and small flat roads. The biggest concern was with finding a cafe for our breakfast brew, which was eventually solved by convincing a pub to open early - after being greeted by a noisy but very soft, half-blind, three-legged dog. The pub had seen the tour of Britain pass right outside just last week, and had a picture on the wall of team sky and Wiggo passing by. We like to think that there will be a similar photo of us appearing in weeks to come.

After leaving the pub we headed for Shawbury, home of RAF Shawbury. Having had a light breakfast we were seriously ready for lunch at this point and were very pleased to find a pub doing food where Rob had chicken pie and I had Shawbury toad in the hole (was vey tasty!).

From here it was just 7 miles into Shrewsbury where I was very excited to pick up some miniature toiletries and we found a lovely spot for tea and cake - beetroot chocolate cake and apple cinnamon crumble cake.

Leaving Shrewsbury was hard - as usual with bigger places, but we were pleased to make it out on quiet roads as it was rush hour. After a frustratigly slow time trying to find the campsite just outside but NOT in Cardington(!), we pitched up, showered and headed to the pub for dinner. We have just finished a lovely meal in the village pub, The Royal Oak. Rob had "fidget pie" - a local speciality of gammon and cider and I had slow roast belly pork, followed by fantastic apple crumble and caramel apple pie with some great local beers.

We will be going to bed very full and happy this evening!