Telford to Wigan - Day 6 (26 May)

You'll all be glad to hear Malcolm's new wheels are resulting in him leading the pack!!

After Pete and Sue struggled to put their nice waterproof overshoes on in the morning we set off from Telford.
Yesterdays hills were replaced by lots of wind and rain, however we all agree that rain is better for our legs than hills!

We managed to get a police escort from Market Drayton just outside Telford and then headed to Audlem in Cheshire. 

We found a lovely little cycling cafe which served us cake and some hot drinks to warm us up.
Here we met Neil from Lyme Racing Club, who took a picture of us to feature on the cycling club's website!

Craig's treacle tart

There was also a shopping opportunity which Malcolm, Pete, Sue and Fran made the most of stocking up on some cycling gear.

Beverley waited paitently for us for lunch, in a posh pub! We on the other hand were a tad lost and ended up stopping at the first pub we saw for some grub. Beverley enjoyed the posh pub's soup on her own and then came to find us! Sorry Beverley!!

At the end of the day we managed to gain another special guest, Richard, who kindly guided us through Warrington making light work of the big city!

We made it to our hotel in Wigan, which our Bikes are now safely locked into!

Rider Of the Day: Malcolm for volunteering to sit in the rain and babysit the bikes whilst we sat in the pub!

Average speed today: 12.6 mph

Total distance covered: 73 miles

Overall cycling time: 5 hours 45 minutes

Pete's Pint: Guinness

Interesting regional fact:

"It is illegal for Welshmen to enter Chester after nightfall, according to an old Tudor law."

Luckily Gareth made it in during daylight!!