Day 8 Bristol to Tiverton - Back to Devon and punctures!

We headed off this morning South West towards Tiverton leaving both the Bristol bridges behind. This was easily the hardest 'get up' at 6.30 as the body was beginning to say "Do we have to go cycling today?" and it would have been very easy to roll over and go back to sleep.
But the weather wasn't bad and was forecast to improve and once you start pedalling all seems well again and the body foregets what might hurt a bit. For me this was my right knee which was needing the help of ibuprophen each day from now on and a few top tips from Andy T and his knowledge of massage.

But then the rain started and so did the punctures, I was first, followed by Adam Jewlsey and although repairs were quick the traffic through Bristol was slow. It was actually quiet amazing that until that point 10 riders had travelled over 800 miles each and that was the first puncture day!

As we got closer to home, roads became more familiar and some we had ridden before and this made the riding easier. Our place to rest was Tiverton Fire Station where Andy Brock had arranged sleeping bags and blow up beds. Not quite the Ritz but we had fun playing 'pop quiz' until 1.oo am guessing intros to 80's music on Andy Unstead's ipod. Ten riders and two film crew all in one room saved loads on the cost of accomodation but made going to the loo in the middle of the night a bit of a problem as you carefully tried not to stand on anyone's head!!!