Day One: (Sunday)LEICESTER - CHARLBURY
START: 7:OOam ARRIVAL: 8:OOpm
Distance: 72 Miles Time Taken: 11 Hours
Average Speed: 6.54mph
Stayed at: COTSWOLD VIEW Caravan and Camping site
ENSTONE ROAD, CHARLBURY, OXFORD, OX7 3JH

Day Two: (Monday)CHARLBURY - MELKSHAM
START: 9:3Oam ARRIVAL: 1O:OOpm
Distance: 5O Miles Time Taken: 1O.5 Hours
Average Speed: 4.76mph
Stayed at: Underneath tree at top left of local park

Day Three: (Tuesday)MELKSHAM - OTTER St. MARY
START: 8:3Oam ARRIVAL: 1O:3Opm
Distance: 81 Miles Time Taken: 12 Hours
Average Speed: 6.75mph
Stayed at: Grass verge between two roads

Day Four: (Wednesday)OTTER St. MARY - EXETER
START: 8:15am ARRIVAL: 1O:15am
Distance: 13 Miles Time Taken: 2 Hours
Average Speed: 6.5mph
Note: The Eclipse was due at 11:O5am, so from here I caught
a taxi to TEIGNMOUTH just to make sure that I got there.
It's a shame I didn't bypass EXETER and go streight to
TEIGNMOUTH, because on the way back on Thursday, it only
took half an hour to get from the campsite to the other
side of EXETER. So I would have made it with about 15
minuites to spare. It's also a shame that I didn't start
out on Tuesday at 6:OOam, because if I had have done, I
would have got to the campsite a day early.
Stayed at: 2nd campsite on the left, the other side of
TEIGNMOUTH (close to the EXETER bypass)

Day Five: (Thursday)TEIGNMOUTH - SPARKFORD
START: 12:OO noon ARRIVAL: 11:3Opm
DISTANCE: 76 Miles Time Taken: 11.5 Hours
Average Speed: 6.6 mph
Stayed at: Five Star Caravan & Camping site
(it cost £6.50 for one night)

Day Six: (Friday)SPARKFORD - LECHLADE
START: 11:OOam ARRIVAL: 9:45pm
DISTANCE: 78 Miles Time Taken: 8.25 Hours
Average Speed: 9.45 mph
Stayed at: Bridge House Campsite, LECHLADE
Gloucestershire, GL7 3AG
Note: This was my favourite campsite. It has showers and
toilets, is very clean and it only cost £3 per day. Also,
the local pub is only 1 minuites walk away. FANTASTIC!
The reason why this days journey took so long is that I
took a detour to Avebury to see the stone circles along
the way. Truely awe inspiring.

Day Seven: (Saturday)LECHLADE - LEICESTER
START: 2:OOpm ARRIVAL: 5:45am (Sunday morning)
DISTANCE: 84 Miles Time Taken: 12.75 Hours
Average Speed: 6.59 mph
Note: Notice that I didn't start until 2:OO in the afternoon.
This was because I was very partial to the local ale. I am
glad that this happened, because to see the dawn rise on
Sunday morning with a clear blue sky was absolutely wonderful,
especially as it was a red sky. The wind was on my back and
the rain was a-coming, but I was in front of it. The edge of
it caught up with me just as I was coming down the hill Two -
- minuites from home and I remember the smell of the wet
concrete as I dragged my bike up the steps to my front door.
Yes, the heavens opened that day, but I was cosilly tucked-up
in to bed before it hammered it down for the rest of the day.


Total for the outward journey: 216 Miles in 35.5 Hours
Total for the return journey: 238 Miles in 34.5 Hours
Total for the whole journey: 454 miles in 7O Hours
Average overall speed: 6.48 mph



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