JOGLE 2019

Distance: 72.7 miles Elevation: 2956 ft Average speed: 11.4 mph https://www.strava.com/activities/2452762388 Ride report: Well, if yesterday's route was ridiculous, today's was nearer sublime. We spent most of the day on minor country roads, winding our way down through the Shropshire hills (mostly avoiding them, but more on that later!) After yesterday's exploits, we were all rather tired, so we set off gently from Chester, enjoying the fact that it wasn't chucking it down with rain for once! We did get some spots of rain blowing in the wind (which unfortunately had turned overnight into a headwind), but with the route taking us down some gentle country lanes, it couldn't have been more different to yesterday. Much better road to ride on! After about 18 miles, we arrived at the Hanmer Arms and met up with Mum. We'd made it to Wales, our third country of the trip! Unfortunately, they'd stopped serving breakfast, but we got a big cafetiere

Distance: 73.2 miles Elevation: 1898 ft Average speed: 11.4 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/2450045561 Ride report: Oh dear. Up until now, the routes I've been tinkering with for the past year have actually turned out to be pretty good - one or two miscues but mostly we've been on sensible roads and have made it from place to place without incident. That all went a little wrong today! It was always going to be a frustrating urban day, but with little climbing, we hoped it wouldn't be too challenging. Started off in the rain (again!) from the canalside cottage and did pretty well getting to Preston straight down the A6. Felt a lot like the commute at home, much less fun than some of the riding we've done on the trip so far, but at least we were making progress towards the south. Preston itself was slightly annoying due to various roadworks closing roads - where possible we pushed the bikes round them but some required some re-navigation. Once we