We had a great ride today, hooray! It were drizzling when we set off but the road was flat and the tarmac fair and in no time at all we were whizzing along to our half way point and lunch stop. We were cycling the back routes today which was lovely, going through lots of little villages, but as it neared our lunch break the lack of village shops began to worry me. We had lots of snacks with us, but having consumed my own body weight in sugar during the previous few days I was keen to eat something proper. So I was right pleased when we came across the post office in Packenham where they had some super luncheon items AND the post mistress and a lovely passer by donated some money to us. Hooray for human kindness.
The afternoon ride was wonderful, the sun came out and we fair zoomed along the country lanes past all manner of roadside stalls selling all kinds of treats. We resisted the jars of pickles due to lack of space but I am still half tempted to go back and get one (don't tell Sylvie).
At 3pm we rolled into Debenham, our sleeping spot for the night, Woooooo our quickest ride yet, 60 miles done by 3. Yip yip, we celebrated with a cafe stop in the sunshine and then wheeled our way to the Dragoman office to meet our hosts for the night.
Our lovely cousin Nick works for Dragonman (he's currently on his way to South Africa, driving a big truck full of people). They do all their mechanical training in Suffolk and aunty Marion had suggested we stay the night here.
We rolled in to the yard to be greeted by a scene from an 80's poster, lots of beautiful people in boiler suits covered in oil. They were all really friendly and Oli took us down to the accommodation. The trainees are all getting ready to head off to different parts of the world and it was really interesting to listen to their banter. It was lovely to spend the night here knowing that Nick had lived here,. During his stay he obtained the nickname 'Bunny', some pick fluffy ears on the wall belong to him apparently but we decided to forgoe hearing the story behind it. Maybe you can share that with us sometime Nick :)
So well fed, again, and having sampled the local Aspall cider we went to sleep, in a bed............. Thanks for having us Dragomaners, Harwich here we come.
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