Sunday 24th May Preston Day 3 An early, sort of start and we headed north towards Shrewsbury and the promise of a coffee with Jenny. It was steady and picturesque particularly along the Hope Valley (PS another good if maybe slightly challenging cycle ride) and then around the Shrewsbury by-pass until we hit the road into Shawbury. To my surprise we then saw lots of cyclists, or, to be precise, tri-cyclists, an unusual site in Devon. Coffee was very welco...

Saturday 23rd May: Shropshire Hills Today was the planned visit to Bishop's Castle. The place with the Coffee Shop, the Cake Shop, the second hand bookshop and the CD shop - all 4000 plus of them! For me it is a sort of because I have always - well, I think once I bought nothing -found something to tickle the fancy. Given that I know no here else where one can find such a range of musical material it's worth the effort. Given they are second-hand it is impo...

Friday Day One: Dawlish to The Anchorage Camping, Near Clun, Shropshire We eventually left home. Not at 8 am as planned but at about 10 am. Actually not too bad and in any case, giving us plenty of time to reach our destination. Except that the traffic was far heavier than we thought likely. Although not slow and certainly moving, there were lots of vehicles on the move both towards Bristol and away from it. It seems many travellers had a similar idea - g...