An account of preparation for and undertaking of a cycle tour of Britain Feb.-June 2013. The 'Just Giving' page has now closed, very many thanks to those who donated I think about £400 was given. It had not been my prime motive but both the Hospice and I are very grateful for the money raised. Please keep reading the blog and commenting, I may try to turn it into a book if anyone might be interested.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Day 22
It is so good to be in Sibford, a quiet little Oxfordshire village on the edge of the Cotswolds where my Mother was born and where my Aunt, Uncle and cousins still live. I spent many holidays here as a child and have memories of hot, sunny summers spent playing cricket, cycling, going on walks, outings and (dangerously) building dens in the straw bales. In those days the farm was a pig farm and I remember being woken by the sound of pig feeding activity early in the morning it was all so novel and different from life in the city and even though the pigs have been replaced by sheep it stills feels like a second home.
I am having a lazy day today, having cycled about 170 miles in 4 days and had 3 nights in the tent I am allowing myself a little respite before moving on to Oxford. It remains bitterly cold with a stiff easterly breeze and snow flurries, however I am determined to get out for a walk later and hopefully help with feeding some lambs.
Meanwhile I shall now try to upload some pics from a Milton Keynes evening.
Good day.
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So jealous of you being at Sibford, give them our love.
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