We left sunny Tring and headed over the last of the sharp hills heading for the Chilterns. We had several quick stages over mostly flat terrain and good weather, making the best time we have done over the last two days. We stopped for lunch on the banks of the Thames at Wallingford. It was nice to move at a slightly slower pace due to us having set off on time today. We took breaks in Chinnor and Wantage to break the journey up. As it was day three, we were both feeling quite sore and tired. We have now crossed over the top of London, and are almost half way done. As today's itinerary was well planned, we managed to get to our first campsite in Lambourn (the valley of race horses) by 4 o'clock. Johh and Maile (who joined in Aylesbury) had a well set up campsite and bbq waiting for us. It was a good thing, as we were both pretty shattered climbing our last huge hill (the highest in West Berkshire, by my reckoning).
Once at the campsite, I had to service both bikes including a wheel straitening on Steve's. A few wee drinks later and we were ready to tuck into our first night under canvas (well maybe not canvas in 2008), Hopefully the weather holds and we cover some good ground to Glastonbury.
Distance covered: 110 km
Saddle time: 6 hrs
Bottle of wine drank: 4
Chuck
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