day 3

Another early start today on the road by 7, still feeling fine no aches or pains apart from the initial shock of sitting back in the saddle.  We left Cheltenham behind and made haste for Wolverhampton where we'd decided to stop for lunch, roads today were much the same as yesterday, which meant we could cycle side by side ignoring the odd beep from cars, which has become a bit of a competition to see who gets into 'trouble' the most, score stands at (Martyn - 12 / Ally 3) we'll keep you posted on that.  By mid morning we were making our way through little villages and country roads again, on one of these stretches of  we spotted a really cool bus that had been converted into a cafe, we decided to stop for a cup of tea, and what a decision that turned out to be, we met a really nice lady called Jane Simpson, that had taken the place over in March from an old man who owned the place for over 17 years, it was really kl inside with the origional seats retrofitted with tables.  We ordered bacon and egg sandwiches and sampled her cakes which turned out to be the best we've ever tasted, after a quick chat we were on our way to Kidderminster, then onto Wolverhampton.  The seats on our bikes are really for racing not for long journeys and began to be uncomfortable to say the least, i decided to phone the girls and ask them to pick me up a more comfortable saddle from halfords so i could change it at lunchtime.  We stopped for lunch just outside the city centre and i happily fitted the new saddle on my bike.  As we headed off again,  i was so relived at how comfy it was, and teased Martyn about it, two miles down the road he was on the phone asking for one himself. lol. By around half 4 we were nearing Northwich, and both with comfort saddles on, Martyn in disbelief at the difference it made, we ended the day on a high. Next stop Carlisle!  woohoo!  (martyns album for the day, in fact the whole journey so far 'Girls Aloud')lol