Day 5 Chesterfield (home) to York

Day 5 64.33 miles time 5:12:47 Average 12.3mph Max 36.4mph

I set off a bit earlier (8:15) today as the B&B staff were much better organised. And I have to say the place I stayed was just like home. Perhaps even a bit better somehow. The food was great. Thanks Deb.

This morning (and yesterday too) my legs were like jelly for an hour or so. I don't think it was anything to do with the Woodside beer last night. It was a bit of a struggle to get going and one or two nasty little steep climbs didn't help the situation. Saddle soreness is starting to become a bit of an issue. And my right achilles tendon has started to get sore... not quite sure how that's happened.

Lunch was in Selby (quite a nice little town) and then its been just a very short hop to York. The A19 was lovely and smooth and flat

So as you can see its been a bit of a lazy day with only 64 miles on the clock and I was in York by 2:30pm. I'm feeling a bit guilty. I think I should have stretched myself a bit more. But it has given me an opportunity to go somewhere I've never been before... an internet cafe. They are obviously useful places to have around but I don't think I want to make a habit of using them. The first cafe was full of "colourful" people and the machines were just so slow and it wouldn't even connect to this site, so I've come to another one. The first mouse and keyboard had some sticky liquid on it. Lovely. The keyboard I'm using dosen't have much of the alphabet left on it.

But back to the ride. The weather started out a little bit damp but no rain. About midday there was even some hazy sunshine but now its just cloudy and cold. The wind has been mostly from the east so hasn't affected me too much today.

I'm looking forward to tommorow's ride to Newcastle as Eddie is picking me up at the Angel of the North to take me to his place for the night. Eddie is a keen cyclist so he's going to service the bike, feed me, give me a bed for the night and ride with me to Dunbar (or part way) on Saturday. But the best bit is he has booked me a massage at 5:30. I'll let you know what it was like.