Day 3 – Tiverton to Tintern
Highlights include climbing to the top of Cheddar Gorge,
cycling through a ‘deeper than pedals’ flood, and crossing the Severn Bridge.
Lowlight was the rain. It just didn’t stop.
The route crossed up through Taunton and out into the Somerset
Countryside. Lunch was very welcome at the top of Cheddar Gorge in a warm
village hall to try and dry out. There was little enthusiasm to start again
after stopping!! Poor Warwick had a “MASSIVE” puncture and we didn’t see a
smile all day.
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| Angela stopped for a consult in Taunton |
Before our 3rd water stop we went on a tiny
little road outside of Bristol. The rain had flooded the road and if we hadn’t wet
feet by then, we did after sailing through it. Alyssa met us at the stop and
brought us a very appreciated bag of chocolate.
After a wonderful (!) cycle through the docks of Bristol, we
finally made it to the Old Severn bridge, which we were expecting to be a small
wooden affair but were surprised to see the scale of it. We finally arrived
into Tintern after a lovely 4 mile downhill which was most welcome after a long
93 miles
The hotel for the
night was at the start of the Wye Valley, just opposite Tintern Abbey. A few
drinks later, a nice dinner and the usual 10 O' clock sleeptime.
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