Day 5: Priddy to Berry Hill

Stars - 62.73m, odo 326.1, max 33.5,  av 8.3. Time 7.5 hours, total time 9hrs 50.
Yet another hot sunny day. I don't know where the sun was in August but it's making up for it now. Got in an early start and for the first time the tent was dry which was much better. Good going to Chew Stoke and amazing how quickly the miles clocked up. Did 12 miles before 9 am!  Of course Bristol slowed things down and proved tricky to get out of. Ended up following my route as best I could and actually walked a great deal to keep an eye on the gps. There are some very nice villages outside Bristol and the roads very quiet. Managed to find the bike route to the Severn Bridge and had the most glorious crossing. Felt as if the first phase of the ride is now complete. Bike route through Chepstow ( lovely town, really liked it especially the random bits of poetry in the pavements), over the bridge back into England and then up, up, up pulling away from sea level into the hills. I'm starting to hurt so walked a deal of this too! The heat doesn't help, but I'm not complaining. Found a campsite in Berry Hill, Forest of Dean.