Felt my travelling companion, Boris, wasn't getting enough pictorial attention, so here's one just for you Boris.Today, I stuck to pretty much to just the one road, as part of my cunning plan. I had seen on Google maps that there was an apron about the width of a bicycle along the A5 which I figured would actually make for safer cycling despite the heavy traffic. I was right.
Ride took me over some pretty high bridges. The pedals were
squeeking something rotten. Was my first major disaster looming?
Got to Wrexham train station 3.5hrs before the train I had planned to get. There was a train waiting at the platform when I got there but I figured rather than rush I could just get the next one. The next one WAS the 3.5hr later one. So I fired up my newly aquired digital radio and listened to rubbish. Also read some bible out of curiousity.
When the train finally came, it just sat at the station for ages. Then the driver told us we were waiting for an engineer to come out and inspect some bridge that had been hit by a lorry. How long would that take on a Sunday. The engineer was over 50 miles away. Despite having been 3.5hrs early for my train, I was still going to miss my ferry!
The driver was an absolute star. He printed out an alternative route for me, platforms and all. A drunk guy from Birkenhead then helped me with my bike all the way through the train changes on and off platforms etc. Wasn't that nice.
Distance = 39.6 miles
Time cycling = 2hrs 41mins
Aver. speed = 12.2 mph (flying!)
Total so far = 269 miles
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