I had stayed the night in a very strange B and B which had strange plumbing. When I say strange I mean not hot water and the taps rattled when you turned them on. The place was so large I rattled about like a pea! I was glad to get on the road after my morning porridge and faced a challenge after10 minutes as I had to climb up the very steep hill to Grosmont before heading out to the Golden valley towards Hay on Wye. From Hay I crossed Herefordshire on my way to Shropshire. There were alots different birds including Nuthatches, flocks of greenfinches and a calling Cuckoo. Early afternoon arrived and the sunshine and showers continued. I came into a village and found a group of 20 End to End cyclists who were travelling with the Bike Events organisation.We sat outside a pub and swapped stories and they bought me a pot of tea. I then travelled up a hilly valley to Bucknall and stayed in the post office which is also a B&B. The whole village was having a party for some children from Peckham in London to show them how evacuees got on in the war. Lots of people were dressed war time clothing, it was great. In all a very good day!
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