Day 25 "There's one more snail in heaven"

When in a warm cosy bed who would ever want to leave it? That question baffles us every single time we have to wake up in the morning to cycle in the rain! HOWEVER this morning we woke up to glorious sunshine, a magnificent feast put on for us by our lovely hosts, and raring to get the day done! But when we left the warmth of the amazing house full of wonderful people, we were catapulted straight into a face full of drizzle!
 Today consisted of multiple hills (some we will admit to walking!) and envy of people in cars. As we arrived at the top of a hill we met a lovely man and his. He was astounded and shocked that we had with us no map and compass and even his puppy was too, as Ellie was barking tremendously 🐶! We then headed on up the hill and made it to lunch in Holsworthy for a bacon butty and lasagne in the worlds most empty pub!😂 After our late lunch Jenna got caught by an old local to talk about recent bike deaths within the area and Kayla found some more cows 🐮😂 we then tootled along in the SUNSHINE ☀️ (may I add) to our next nights stay on a farm!

Funny moment of the day:
Jenna questioning how the backing singers in 'Joseph and his technicolor dream coat' sang so ridiculously high as it played on the speaker, Kayla replying with 'well they are classically trained, just like me!' Trust me Kayla should NEVER give up medicine for a singing career 😂


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