Day 5 everyone ready to go on another fine dry morning
All lined up ready for the group photo @9:15
We made good progress during the morning ride, as lunch time approached we saw a tower way up on a hill in the distance. We seemed to be heading towards it we, were hoping we would get close enough to see what it was, as we got closer we entered a built up area of beautiful old buildings we rounded the corner into Glastonbury marketplace it was beautiful with a busker playing the guitar and small groups of people sitting around drinking coffee, the buildings reminded me of Brigg in its heyday vibrant and colourful.
We left the town centre and started to climb towards the tower, i have never been so exited to ride up a hill, as we got closer the hill got steeper and the tower grew larger when we finally arrived
we discovered it was called Glastonbury Tor
We found a comfortable looking bench at the bottom of the Tor, once we had flattened the nettles it was a great place for lunch, looking up at the many people who had climbed the very steep hill to get to the top. We had to carryout some repairs to Jo T's cycle shoes the rubber that covers the metal plates on the sole had worn away.
After lunch we had a nice easy ride for the afternoon as we came to the last turn of the day we came across the Wheatsheaf Pub that cheered everyone up.
100 yards later we were at our camp site for the night
The campsite was clean and tidy, the owner apologised as the farmer in the next field
had been spreading manure, you should be grateful this doesnt have smellovision.
The toilet and shower block was an acquired taste utilising an
old site cabin, lets just say it was functional to be polite.
After tea we made a dash to get a look at Cheddar Gorge unfortunately it was getting dark as we arrived, awh well it will have to go on the to go back to see list.
Route and Profile
Strava Ride Data
Garmin Ride Data
Distance 52.5 Miles
Elevation 2851 feet
Riding time 5:47:35
Total distance 233.7 miles
Total elevation 17500 feet
Total Riding time 27 hours 40 minutes
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