Leaving Tenbury and the Rose and Crown. Can fully recommend this as a place to stay. Off we go. Rain, rain go away......

End of Day 7. The time is flying by. Also went through Worcestershire today and we are now just over the border into Shropshire. The weather has been glorious and sunny. We have been so fortunate. Our last 10 miles from Bromyard were great. Undulating ups and downs where you got enough speed on the down to take you nearly to the top of the next up. We were on B roads today but they were mostly really quiet and we had them to ourselves - lucky for the other traffi...

Chris having a well earned drink to spur him on for the last 20 miles. The Malvern Hills in the distance. We are glad we are going round and not over today.

Stopped for lunch at The Beachamp Arms. Suzanne used to live on Beachamp Avenue in Leamington Spa so it seemed an appropriate place to rest. Beautiful hanging baskets and cheesecake on the menu. Yummy.

Problems with Internet!!! No signal in Painswick so couldn't update. Painswick is at the top of a very big, gigantic, enormous hill!!!! Anyway, we made it. Lovely place to visit though. Had a good meal in the Lincoln Hotel. Our B&B (St Anne's) is quaint. All organic food and mother of the earth stuff!! Another early night (we're getting our money's worth in these rooms). We have crossed many counties now: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and now Glouceste...