Every morning we have a great breakfast at the campsite, but you sometimes you can need more than muesli, fruit and toast. So today I decided I needed to have a real breakfast. I left the campsite an hour earlier than normal and pushed along as fast I could in search of a 'full english'
I was starting to run out of puff when finally I found Willowpool garden centre www.willowpool.co.uk/ Great service and just what I needed. This was also where I spotted the ancient bike mentioned in my previous post.
Shortly after I thought I was hallucinating when I saw these enormous sheep. Turned out they were llamas.
The next challenge was getting through the Greater Manchester area.
I bravely left my bike unlocked whilst taking this picture as we went through Wigan.
We had about 15 miles of urban riding, lots of traffic and annoyed drivers. The great news was finally we left this behind and ended up in Rivington, where we stopped in the tea rooms. This was like something out of Heartbeat. http://rivingtontearooms.co.uk/
Tonight was the England match against Algeria. I suspect this decoration may get taken down soon. But it was nice to see so many houses decorated.
Shortly after this I had an opportunity to try and break the law. A lovely swooping downhill section in a 30 mph area. I think I went through at 32, but the camera didn't flash.
Tea at the campsite is always served at 4pm, so I raced the last 10 miles to try and get there on time and I just made it and even did a skid stop in front of all the others who had got there before me and were already drinking tea.
Tonight's campsite was on the outside of Clitheroe. Most other people had been trying to get there early so they could go out an watch England play. I decided to do an extra 10 miles to find a McDonalds with free wifi. It was nice to ride on completely empty roads for once. As I later found out, I was probably the only person in England not watching an very boring game. Result!!
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