Dan's blog.

It’s a 100 miler. It’s taken a few days, and a less hilly terrain, and a few rogue miles whilst lost, but I’ve done it!

Today’s update will be a bit rushed because I bumped into an old friend at the pub where I’m staying – see pictures.

I slept in Bridgwater where I met some very friendly Americans from Colorado who are also LEJOGing. Dan and his friend have booked every night in a hotel in stark contrast to me who books at 5pm that day! Great to meet them and I wish them well for their travels. Later on a team of supported Lejoggers were seeking their hotel in Bristol. There is definitely a LEJOG hierarchy and I couldn’t help saying “Oh, you are doing it supported”. Oops.

The day started on the very flat Somerset Levels and I was soon in Glastonbury. No time to waste and I jetted on to Welles. In Welles – if you are a lady over 35 and are not carrying a yoga mat – I think they ask you to leave. Then the Mendip Hills. You may not have heard of these West Country Hills – but my legs have. The climb reached a very steep 17% at which point I pushed the bike for a couple of hundred metres.

From the Mendips- the journey wound its way through some beautiful countryside towards Bristol. After toasting my success at not getting lost in another large conurbation – I got lost in Bristol. It was school closing time and I ended up going back and forward in front of one school three times. Not a good look. After escaping Bristol (with its quite sharp urban hill)- it was a race to the outskirts of Gloucester along a canal and some nice flats with the wind behind.

Our pub is just south of Gloucester – the last part of the South West. Tomorrow the journey moves to the West Midlands and more gentle landscapes. Big smiley face.

Also – thanks so much for your support – both sponsorship and personal. The sponsorship level is now over three thousand pounds – that’s all thanks to you. The personal support has also been a touching and restorative balm after an 8 to 10 hour day in the saddle. Thank you.

Thanks also to Sarah for driving a long way to come and meet me. She made my day. Even bigger smiley face.