Cardiff-newport-portishead
Cardiff to newport was a breeze. I keep managing to get a bit lost, the map isn’t as detailed as I would like but I’ve had no major issues. I had a great time in Cardiff seeing the gang and catching up with Kim. Newport has changed a lot but I found the riverfront easily to meet Matt and janire. I had a chilled evening with the gang and it was really good to see them and what they’ve been up to. I was keen to get an early start but that went out the window from the start. I finally hit the road about 12, by far my latest start. After a small bit of confusion about getting on the a48, I began making good progress. The weather was pretty poor and gradually got wetter as I neared the Severn bridge. Once over and having battled some strong cross winds I headed south. This is when things took a turn for the worse both in terms of weather and my bike. Not to mention getting lost again and having to back track. At a set of lights I was rocking on the front of the bike thinking that it seemed very soft I didn’t twig at first but finally I realised I had a slow puncture. I limped on with it for a while until I got on the Avon bridge and it went completely. So I had to change my first inner tube on the bridge in the shitty weather. A good test though and so far the tyre is fine. I ended up stopping short of my target cheddar in portishead, the urge to get dry and warm had got too much. But as frustrating a day as it has been it’s been great to see that I can replace a tube if needed. Hopefully that’ll be the only one.
Today’s stats Total 819 Day 52.9 Avg 11.2 Cal 1702
