Forth and Fifth day 530km down 1070km to go

Fourth day

Woke up in a loverly room with promise of breakfast, however the already cheap deal became a lot cheaper  when charlotte found a mosquito in her breakfast. Even though Will and I tried to convince her it was extra protein we were given a free breakfast and went on our way.

On route to Bristol we overtook our first fellow LEJOG cyclists and headed down into Avonmouth for a bit of lunch. After lunch we headed to Wales over the second bridge on the route but the older bridge of the two.

As we entered into Wales Will and I became useless and our resident welsh speaker Charlotte took over, as she had been intensivley tutored by Carys and could now quiet confidently ask for a Carrot cake, cheese, and a rainbow. 

After crossing into wales we set off out of chepstow towards monmouth, our final destination of the day. On route we met mum and dad and decided they would go ahead and find us a campsite for the night. After a quick wash and unpack at the campsite we met my parents  for a pint in there b&b. At the bar we met Tony and Judith who were staying to play golf, and we would like to say thank you again as they donated money for our charity.

As it is my birthday tomorrow we headed out for a Bday mexican  courtesy of mum and dad and then enjoyed another pint and a generous helping of chocolate cake which was all mine!!!

Day 5

Woke up in the campsite and headed to the b&b for a Bday breakfast. After a loverly breakfast and no mosquitoes we packed up the bikes and headed off. 200 yards later KABOOOM!!! The drive chain cog had bent and rendered the tandem defunct (Will made me put defunct). So heading back to the B&B for a rescue we managed to find a bike shop which was closed   on wednesdays, so Dad drove us twice in the end a few mile down the road road forest bikes where we received    awesome service and a quality bodge to get us to Hereford. We eventually left Monmouth at 12 and made great time to Hereford where we found a full fix for the tandem and ate lunch so that we could make up for lost time.  Below is us entering Shropshire.

Panicking slightly as we thought we could be stranded between Ludlow and Shrewsbury we phoned ahead to a campsite and were given a free night with showers. Whilst setting up camp we chatted to our neighbours and discovered they lived in Andover and about 200 meters from my house, and new Charlotte from around the park. All that was left to end my Birthday was to go to the pub and have a beer, a steak, and a big pudding. Night night everyone.