Sunday 18 May 2014

LeJog Day 5, 15/5/14, Cycle Toe, Forest Trails and Leg Dressings

(posted out of sync due to lack of wifi)

In retrospect it might have been my fault! Earlier in the afternoon as we neared our last Brew Stop I was pondering that if I wasn't cycling I would be at work and at that time of day we usually start getting the calls that you know are going to make your late finish even later; “Can you come out and put a dressing on Mrs Browns leg?”

At the Brew Stop were told Andrew and Jill, the Tandemmers, had almost reached Clun only to be thwarted by a road closure and Navvies who insisted no one was coming past, not evening cyclists on their way to John O'Groats.


The alternatives; a 10 mile very hilly diversion by road, or a 4 mile route through a hillside forest following a steep muddy trail. Andrew and Jill chose the forest trail an were even good enough to leave markers for the follow “cyclocross” riders. It was a real struggle s we manhandled our bikes up and over trail, with us and our bikes ending up caked in mud. Our group ended up with four tired and cross riders and one cut leg where it got whacked by a pedal. So in the end I did end up cleaning and dressing a leg wound and getting home late, fortunately it doesn't need to be recorded on RIO as there is no internet or phone signal in Clun.

Tomorrow we head for Runcorn stopping en route to buy some new shoes (why not?).

P.S. any comments, statements, Jokes etc, that you don't understand should be made clear at the end of our trip when we will add a LeJog Uncut Blog

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