Day 8 Sunday 24/11/2024 Rochester 19 – 24 Wet Once again, we sleep soundly through a hot night and the rain begins around 7:00am. Nothing ferocious, just gentle soaking rain to soften the earth. The rest of the crew wander off to the local museum and return raving about how interesting it is. Because it will be closing at 4:00 this afternoon and won’t open again until Thursday we get our skates on and dash over there. Situated in the rooms of the old railway station building, one side is dedicated to local born champion of endurance cycling Sir Hubert … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Sporting Greats

Day 6 Friday 22/11/2024 Rochester, 15 – 36 Hot It was a pleasantly warm night with most of the windows and even the door open. It’s already 26 degrees at breakfast. The town fire siren goes off, there must be … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – Keeping our cool

Day 5 Thursday 21/11/2024 Ayson’s to Rochester, 11 – 33 On the way to the loo this morning I’m greeted with a perky “Hullo!” from Jack the cockie. For the first time this season we had a roof hatch open … Continue reading Somewhere to Rochester – The far reaches of politics