Day 6 - Country lanes of England

Today's riding was a real pleasure as by this stage, we know a fair amount of people and rode with quite a few of them.

The start was a bit urban but after about 20 miles we were cycling through rural Cheshire on very quiet country roads, in a vain attempt to out cycle the rain before the first pit stop, we tagged on the back of Faroud's Delotte team and even though were were averging 20 on the flat, we got absolutely soaked (again). Luckily, the stop was at a cafe that allowed us inside to drink our coffee.

The next leg saw another 30 miles of glorious country lanes and after giving up from riding with a group that was far too fast for us we did most of it with Adam from Manchester who was doing the stage on a fixie.

Luckily it wasn't Cornwall

The final leg saw the 2 climbs of the day and us riding with Team Cadbury so we mixed up some hard riding with plenty of chat.

Pre hill fueling

I was only at the front for the photos

Siobhan was the only one tall enough to get in the pic

We finished the 106 mile stage with a paltry 1,000 metres of climbing at another good average speed of 15 mph.

Tomorrow, we actually get to the south with a short (91 miles) but hilly ride to Bath.