Day 1 - Eastington to Axbridge, near Cheddar

Chains off: 5
Tears: 1
Top Speed: 37mph
Bikes being turned upside down for "maintenance": 5



Okay, so it's the end of day one and we're here! Here being campsite one just outside Cheddar. We made it despite being hammered on by rain for the last 20 odd miles. That was not particularly fun.

We left Eastington at about half past nine. There are photos, but we don't have good enough internet to upload them, sorry! Many thanks to all the people who came to see us off, and especially to Mike who worked out how to fix Jenny's pedal when it fell off 0.9 miles away from the starting line.

From then on there were no bike problems apart from a few chains coming off. We sailed the A38 to Bristol with ease, then spent a while getting annoyed with the Bristol traffic... Then we went the wrong way. But not for very far, and after a few horrible hills on the other side, we stopped for lunch in a pub carpark. Classy!

Then the rain set in. We got about 5 miles out of Bristol before it started getting really heavy, and it was sweeping hills going up, then down, getting water in our eyes and reaching devastating speeds of up to 37mph, according to Luke's speedo.

The rain didn't quit for the rest of the journey, and we finally rocked up to our campsite absolutely drenched but with big smiles of accomplishment on our faces, so it was basically all good. Hot showers and delicious dinner sorted us out