Once upon a time in the West (Country)

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, a lone cyclist was just coming to the end of a day's riding in the wind and the rain. Up and down valleys and hills he had ridden, all alone, for over 100 miles. Only the thought of a hot shower and a nourishing meal kept him going. Unbeknownst to him his poor demented wife had failed in finding a place to park their humble van for the night. Nor could she persuade a local hotel to let them have so much as an outbuilding in which to rest their weary heads. She was about to despair when she spotted a sign saying 'Colliters Brook Farm' (http://www.collitersbrookfarm.co.uk/ !). Almost without hope the wife entered the courtyard, expecting to be turned away yet again. But there appeared the warmest West Country welcome a poor, bedraggled pair could ever wish for in the shape of Ali and Rich of Colliters Brook Farm (.co.uk!).

Oooh, don't you love a story with a happy ending? We count ourselves very lucky to have happened past the lovely farmhouse BnB, beautiful apartment and the aforementioned amazing hospitality of Alison and Richard. This is them waving good-bye to John on his next leg towards Lands End.
So when it looked likely that I was going to have to go through with this daft ride (?) we decided to make good on our promise of popping in to see Ali and Rich again. So here we are! I am relaxing in our lovely room, John is relaxing outside in the sun with the newspaper. We have had a lovely tour of the new dutch barn that the guys have finished for guests. It's great with four double beds all with own loos and a lovely communal area. There is even table football! This is where we will stay next Tues on day four of our epic ride. We are already planning a bbq!
Tomorrow morning we head off to Newquay airport to collect Trusty who is flying in. Haha.....he is flying from Gatwick to Newquay (via Plymouth International Airport) with Nepal Airlines! Seriously! Let's hope they don't make a detour via Kathmandu....it's a long cycle home from there.
I will post some more photos soon.......