09/10/2012

Day 39 Mumbles to Gloucester

Today was our last day in Wales and oppose to all the other days it started with rain, we had a good run with plenty of sun until yesterday's misty drizzle leading to today's full on rain.

After taking a few well hidden from rain shots the scenery was grey and wet, I wish I could tell you more from today's journey but the two later words "grey & wet" summed it all up.

  For the second time this expedition I passed a Wick, and like Robert Burns would say "My heart is in the Highlands"






Passing Cardiff was a nightmare, my map I was using was getting wet and almost unusable from rubbing in it's sleeve. I got lost and not very many sign posting to the direction I wanted to go was proving almost too much to bare. It took several go's to get out and by then my smile wasn't as nice as the one below.

I did have some amusement later in the day as two horses spotted me. They must have seen my flag and thought it was a race. They started to gallop next to me in an enclosure, the faster I went, the faster they'ed go, then I'ed speed up and the'ed run ahead until the enclosure came to an end. It was gorgeous to have experienced and I had to name them " Gallop & Trod"

After this the rain came in heavy and fast so limited my photo opportunities.

We're leaving Wales with mixed feelings, when we had the chance to explore some parts like Mwnt, we were in awe, but because we were charging through at speed we both feel that we just simply haven't had the best slice of the cake.

We're back in England and the last of the four to complete (Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are done) and we're doing well.

 After a long day in the saddle and for Tricia, driving, this is a picture of gold. 

Thank you to everyone with their kind thoughts, motivation and support, from the both of us.