Day 9 (J) Hartlebury, Worcestershire

Day nine turned out to be a pleasant contrast to yesterday with a beautiful day's cycling through the Cheshire countryside. The sun was shining, the breeze cool, and it was a lovely day. Passing a long tailback of punters cuing in their cars for the V festival made me glad to be on my bike. Even though it was a long journey at 80 miles, the scenery was amazing:

However once I got to Bridgnorth my old friend the rain arrived, which put a bit of a dampener on the rest of the day. Thankfully when I got to the B&B I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a stunning old farm house set in 5 acres and run by a lovely old couple. I was also lucky enough to be the only guest there that night, so I was well looked after. There was a great pub just down the road from the B&B so after a huge meal there I retired to bed.