Day 8

Thursday 25th May

Bumped into a few more End to Enders today, they were staying at the same Travelodge as I was in Shrewsbury. They were all middle-aged and supported by a car that carried all their gear, but they looked to be suffering. Met one of them walking down the corridor with his bike in the morning; strangest of bedfellows I said, to which he replied, we don't like to talk about it, please don't tell anyone! Lol. Came across them on the road a couple of times, they were planning on doing 20miles more than I was for the day but didn't seem to be making tracks, considering my lack of fitness and additional gear. I wonder how far they got.

I was able to wear my sunglasses for all the right reasons today (ie, keeping out the sunlight rather than the rain & road spray!) It was sunny all day & not too windy. My gloves only cover half my fingers, and they have developed a wonderfull tan-line that makes me look like I've applied fake sun tan lotion, badly!

Overall, a good day today with the roads as kind to me as the wind & weather were. Despite my legs being tired after a long day yesterday, I made Standish, just north of Wigan and covered 68 miles.