After a fairly late breakfast, we we started our ride up the Severn valley under a steady drizzle of rain. To be honest, the rain was preferable to the howling winds that we had seen in the previous couple of days, and our wet weather gear was more than up to the job.
We covered the first half of the day's journey in just less than two hours and took breaks in Upton upon Severn (we needed Ibuprofen for the aches and pains) and Worcester (a hot drink stop). Brittany desperately wanted a soya hot chocolate, which we have struggled to find in cafés in the smaller towns. We took a minor A road out of Worcester (much quieter than the one we took yesterday) and we were soon crossing into Shropshire.
Lunch was a couple of sandwiches at a nice café in Bewdley, and then it was just another 22 miles over the rolling Shropshire countryside to Ironbridge via Bridgnorth. At one stage we found ourselves being overtaken by a steam train (with the compulsory toot on the whistle) on the Severn valley railway.
We rejoined the Severn at Ironbridge at around 4:30 and cycled as far as the bridge after which the village has been named. The village has a great bike shop which specialises in tandems, with friendly staff who sold us waterproof socks and helped us to replace a brake cable (which was beginning to fray) and adjust and tighten the timing chain.
All in all, its been a fairly easy day which is exactly what we needed after yesterday. Our quads are still feeling quite tired, and we have quite a long way to cover tomorrow.
Heavy rain and flood warnings are forecast... (we hope they are wrong)
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