Every year for the past 4 years I've been on a mini tour with friends - I'll add the previous years blogs over the next couple of weeks - but here is a brief account of this years trip around the English Welsh borders accompanied by a short video shot by one of our group, Jez Keeling.
The ride was over 4 days in July. There were 4 of us - David, Jez, Derek and me. We started at Jez's house in Shrewsbury on the Thursday and rode to Bucknell in south Shropshire - we stayed in the campsite behind the Baron of Beef, a good field, flat and spacious. (http://www.baron-of-beef.co.uk/). I had the thickest burger ever and a couple of fine pints. The evening was rounded of with a traditional sporting contest, darts and pool - I think I finished last in both disciplines.
Day 2 took us to Hay on Wye and Radnors End campsite, about half a mile out of town (http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/radnorsend/) - it was pretty much booked up but the site owner let us camp on his lawn! We had a great time exploring the pubs in Hay and had an excellent curry at Red Indigo (http://www.redindigo.co.uk/).
On Day 3 we rode to Ludlow and Whitcliffe campsite (http://northfarmludlow.co.uk/whitcliffe.html) - a hilly mile outside town. Dinner was fish and chips and a couple of pints - as you can see, during the whole trip, we were clearly eating for maximum performance.
The sites at both Hay and Ludlow were high on the hills overlooking the towns and it was great to have far reaching views - especially at Ludlow where we could sit outside the tents and soak up the view as the sun set.
Day 4 saw us ride back to Shrewsbury and the drive home. We covered 148 miles. The terrain was mixed with a fair few hills and the weather was excellent throughout.
Anyway a picture is worth a thousand words so here's Jez's excellent short video:
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