Saturday 21st June 2008

It is now only one week before we set off on our adventure. Today was to be our last training ride before setting off. Digger Dave had some lorry components he wished to examine that were located the other side of Gillingham, Dorset. We therefore headed off to Wincanton on a route we have done several times. We will not have this familiarity on our LEJOG trip and seeing something new around every corner will be very exciting. After a good break at Buckhorn Weston Church we cycled through Gillingham to a farm where the said lorry components were located. Dave took the relevant photos and measurements and we then headed off to find a suitable human refuelling station. This was found at a pub in East Stour. Suitably refreshed we made our way home via Stour Provost, Fifehead Magdalen, Milborne Port and Sherborne. We passed the post box that we had previously seen with a swarm of bees (see Blog entry on 31st May). The photo clearly shows they have gone. Travelling back through Yeovil could not see Dave, and also Geoff, pass the "sweety shop" (TRI UK Cyclles) without doing some window shopping. Who says this is just the province of women! It is just that the shops are different. We eventually prized Dave away from all the red bikes and headed home.

Miles today = 62.5