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Nun ist das Rennen vorbei. Schade eigentlich. Aber im Gegensatz zu den anderen Teilnehmern haben wir noch die ganze Rückreise in die Schweiz vor uns. Etwa 1300 km quer durch England und Frankreich. Und dazu soll es immer schönstes Wetter geben. Ist das nicht fantastisch.
Lichfield, 24.9.18
Liverpool - Lichfield
This morning was the morning of the collected nuissances. It started already with the English breakfast. They wanted to charge 2 £ extra for the hot chocolate, because English breakfast is with tea or coffee, but not hot chocalate. Then they didn't want to accept my money because it was from the Isle of Man and this is not accepted in England.
On the road it was not much better. The old bridge over the river Mersey was under deconstruction and the new bridge did not allow bicycles. This meant quite a long detour over Warrington. Another smaller detour was due to a flooded underpass. And I thought Europe has had a hot summer. England obviously does not belong to Europe.
Town center of Sandbach
Romantic road along a canal
After chocolate and cake in the lovely town of Sandbach (doesn't sound very English does it?) things brightened up. I passed old villages and followed picturesque water canals, it was really beautiful but terribly slow. After a beer in Stoke-on-Trent (the beer being the most exciting thing in this city) I swapped the country lanes to dual carriage ways. Here the progress was much better. Bicycles are perfectly legal on dual carriage ways, as I found out with Google. In no time I reached Lichfield and also the end point of todays journey.
Beer in Stoke-om-Trent
Lichfield, 24.9.18
Liverpool - Lichfield
This morning was the morning of the collected nuissances. It started already with the English breakfast. They wanted to charge 2 £ extra for the hot chocolate, because English breakfast is with tea or coffee, but not hot chocalate. Then they didn't want to accept my money because it was from the Isle of Man and this is not accepted in England.
On the road it was not much better. The old bridge over the river Mersey was under deconstruction and the new bridge did not allow bicycles. This meant quite a long detour over Warrington. Another smaller detour was due to a flooded underpass. And I thought Europe has had a hot summer. England obviously does not belong to Europe.
Town center of Sandbach
Romantic road along a canal
After chocolate and cake in the lovely town of Sandbach (doesn't sound very English does it?) things brightened up. I passed old villages and followed picturesque water canals, it was really beautiful but terribly slow. After a beer in Stoke-on-Trent (the beer being the most exciting thing in this city) I swapped the country lanes to dual carriage ways. Here the progress was much better. Bicycles are perfectly legal on dual carriage ways, as I found out with Google. In no time I reached Lichfield and also the end point of todays journey.
Beer in Stoke-om-Trent