On our bikes, day after day Wheeling along the West Country Way From Georgian Bath, that Jane Austen knew To Glastonbury Tor, our challenge still new
Where are we now, is it this way or that? Another cool stretch on a railway track No one fell off, no one got hurt Except now and then by a few cross words
And so over Exmoor, our longest day yet It was football, not cider in our Somerset Sea views and fresh air in Westward **! We could have stayed longer but on we go
The hills are getting longer, tall hedges either side Our legs are getting stronger now we've found our stride
The Eden project was on our route So we had to stop and see The scene was complete in a bio-dome With David Attenborough filming for tv
Past holes in the ground where they dug the clay Along old canals our journey panned out Then over a beer at the end of the day Out came the map for the mileage count
On through the ancient landscape we go Past the odd castle or stately home Past sheltered coves and beaches of sand And on to the endΒ Β -Lands End- Where we ran out of land
In this interminable Winter it is good to look back at past Summer holidays. This one was cycling from Bath to Lands End, along minor roads and cycle paths, such as disused railway lines and canal tow paths. The winding route we took was about 450 miles as I remember, and it only rained once!