Phil, my brother wasnt too far away from our B&B in the morning so I had arranged with him that if we couldnt get the part we needed he would come and get us and drive us to the nearest halfords. This was an invaluable lifeline. First thing this morning Steve & I went to the local bike store and he had the part we needed. Hurrah! Phoned Phil to let him know problem solved and he suggested meeting that evening for a drink as we would still be near his place. Fixed Steve's brake cable and set off. Today got quite hilly and our progress slowed again but after what felt like a really long day we finally reached Winslow. Had trouble finding the B&B so the sports tracker shows us going backwards & forwards a bit at the end. Checked in got cleaned up and then Phil picked us up. Ran us into Milton Keynes to get some chain cleaner and fresh grease as my bike is getting clogged and then drove us to a nice pub he knows where we had a slap up dinner in a nice garden (see photo). After dinner he ran us back to the B&B and also took my dirty washing to lighten my bags (thanks Phil, might make things a little easier from here on). Ironically after running us home we are going to have to get up tomorrow morning & cycle all the way back in to Milton Keynes again :) The legs are starting to feel weary now so I'm glad we've done half the distance. I can see more hills coming up on the OS maps, what happened to this part of the country being flat?
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