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Day 8, and the way home begins. To make it less sad, and less torturous on the motorway, I have decided to break the stretch into two and make a stop in Shropshire.
Remembering the bad experiences of the first day, this time I spend more time on Google Map (no physical England map with me; perhaps another mistake) and decide to do all motorway until Chester and all countryside from there to Shifnal, Shropshire HQ. It all goes well (and with a nice sun; the day I have to ride away!) until Warrington, when a big queue announces itself. I decide to abandon the motorway there and, luckier this time, I find beautiful roads to Shifnal. Happy to skip lunch after excessive eating the evening before (I skip lunch on many occasions, as I try not to eat when I am not hungry) I rest a while in the hotel and then ride out to Ludlow.
I had been in Shropshire on my way back from the Peak District in April, and the place had impressed me: beautiful landscapes, fast and well-kept roads, no cameras, very little traffic, sparse little picturesque villages here and there. This time is also no disappointment, and even the traffic is not noticeably worse in August than April.
A pint in beautiful Ludlow is followed by wonderful roads for the following two hours: the A456 (also enjoyed in April), A449 and A442 are excellent, but in the triangle between Shifnal, Worcester and Ludlow I really could find no road that wasn’t very enjoyable; however, you may want to keep your Garmin Satnav away from “curvy roads” if you want to avoid the usual “one lane roads with passing places”. But really, everything was tip top today: roads, weather, bike (!), pub, restaurant, hotel. I wish I could have had a day like this in the Lake District. But I count my blessings, and am very happy to have enjoyed this holiday.
Tomorrow I will probably head home via Cotswolds and Chiltern Hills. But if the weather is bad I might stay here until I get tired and then get on the motorway to get home fast. However, on the motorway I have the constant threat of Dr Goebbels’ nephews wanting to keep me trapped on the motorway for my own security and to make me understand what an evil CO2 producer I am.
Tomorrow better be sunny, then…
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