Day 75 (Sunday)

Well I wasn't going to go out today but I had finished all of my chores and after lunch I got bored...This cycling thing is a bit addictive!

I decided I would explore the rest of Sustrans route 4 from Chippenham to Avebury, then see If i could work out the Kennet and Avon route back ;-) here's a route I found on the interweb

I set of on the familiar Chippenham -> Calne cycle route, when I arrived at Calne I got instantly lost ;-) I cycled backwards and forwards around Calne until I finally found the continuation of the cycle way (The route is very strangely signed)

I finally picked up the route and headed of on very rough tracks.


Some of the cycleway can hardly be called a path....


The cycle way takes you right past RAF Yatesbury (Closed in 1964)


I eventually ended up right in the centre of Avebury, I then followed some other cyclists and ended up on the Ridgeway - I didn't really expect that!


I stopped when I reached Overton Hill and called wifey as I could not work out how to go on to the Kennet and Avon, we decided that it would all be to difficult so I headed straight on back home down the A4, following in reverse some of yesterdays route ;-)


So today I completed 38.2 miles on the Mountain Bike (Walter) where the majority of it was cross country (It was a lot tougher - But FUN)

Trackme did a fair job of plotting the route (Even the zig zagging across Calne) - I have now worked out how to get to the Kennet and Avon so I intend to repeat this trip next Sunday and at least go to Devizes along the Canal if not all the way to Bath ;-)

I have also removed the back wheel from 'Diana' and its ready to go to the Bike shop for repair. (Wifeys MotorBike has turned into a bike hook ;-) - I will get it repaired professionally this time, but I will also buy some spare spokes and next time I will attempt to fix it and true it myself ;-)