ENGLAND

WEDNESDAY 3rd JULY, 2019

The ferry crossing on SUNDAY from Roscoff to Plymouth was a smooth one, the sun shone for the duration,

we chatted for most of the journey with John from Ryde who had completed three months of cycling in Europe so exchanging stories with him helped while away the time and we met him again later in a Plymouth Pub for an evening meal.

We found our B&B easily after leaving the ferry and spent a very comfortable night there, followed by a full English breakfast on MONDAY morning.  The B&B was excellent and the hosts, James & Marie, were warm, friendly and extremely helpful.  After breakfast we strolled into the city centre to have a wander around, Mike bought a haircut from one of the many barbers in the town, we had coffee in a cafe that had Portuguese tarts so Mike was in heaven and then we walked to the car rental company to collect a van to transport us and the bikes to Somerset.  First, we had to return to the B&B to load the bikes and bags and then we set off on the A38 and later the M5 north to Somerset.

With mixed feelings, on MONDAY evening we sold the bikes but as we have bikes at home will keep on cycling.

TUESDAY was a lazy day, spent doing as little as possible and this morning, we exchanged the van for a car and are now in the Wye valley, having driven to Ross on Wye via the Dean Forest Steam Railway and the Forest of Dean.

Our hotel is a couple of kms out of Ross, we chose a nearby pub for a meal but found that it wasn't providing meals tonight.  Very friendly fellow drinkers recommended another pub within easy walking distance, we took their advice and enjoyed our shared seafood platter whicch we weren't able to finish, though we did our best!