Day 5

Perfect weather for cycling through the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Monmouthshire. We made excellent progress through the Forrest of Dean, The Wye Valley and the rolling countryside of Shropshire.
We stopped for coffee in the market town of Ross on Wye and lunch in Leominster.
We arrived at the youth hostel in Clun at a sensible time of 7pm and celebrated Mike's last evening with us with dinner in the local pub.
It has been great to have Mike join us after a three year break to get his bionic hip. Mike has got stronger each day and I have no doubt he would have completed LEJOG for a third time if it wasn't for family commitments. A big thanks to Mike's wife Pam and his daughter Sally for loaning us Mike for the week. We have shared some superb moments on our journey which I sincerely hope we can repeat in the future.
Mike will have cycled 400 miles in 6 days by Wednesday, which is an outstanding achievement. Mike has the physical and mental stamina of a person half his age and above all is a great bloke to spend time with.
Tommorow I will be cycling home to Sandbach where I will be sleeping in my own bed and seeing Jill for the first time in a week. Next stop Cheshire!

Stats for day 5
3019feet climbed
66miles

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