Early start this morning with us hitting the road just after 5am. It was pretty dark and slippery so the first few miles were slow and cautious. We also got chased by a lot if dogs which wasn't fun especially when we couldn't see them and could only hear the barking. Our first stop was after thirty odd miles at another mcds for some breakfast, healthy diet doing us well. We watched some great comedy that is fix news, some stupid story about a dog finding love, that was news and it went on forever.
The second phase of our day was going pretty quick until Ben decided to spice things up by getting another puncture. Spokey (aka Tom) rode off to get jack back so they could laugh at Ben and more importantly fix the puncture. Ben wasn't happy that his new tyres with flat protection system didn't work as advertised. The cause of the puncture was determined to be a big chunk of porcelain which made a nice hole in the tyre. We set back off down the road with spokey following behind ben on puncture watch. He wasn't wasted as a few miles later he noticed bens tyre was deflated slightly indicating that he had yet again got his second puncture of the day. After fixing this one we finished the second section by arriving into wilshire, Ohio for lunch at beckys restaurant.
The last thirty miles of the day were pretty hot and it slowed us down a bit but we arrived at our final stop in Lima around 5. Unsure about where to stay we popped into the silk and lace shop florals which a lovely lady called Joyce owned. After explaining our predicament she gave us details of a motel that would possibly sort us out with a discounted room. The walgrave hotel sorted us out with a free room which was pretty nice of them and it was by far the best hotel we had stayed in on the trip so far. After some quick food at an old skool burger place we set about planning the remainder of the route and have just 613 miles left so should finish on Monday or tuesday next week depending on how tits up things go over the next few days.
In other news Ben has promises to start his own section of the blog where he will share some of the facts he has learnt about America over the past month. The red hot feature was meant to start tonight but Ben was a bit preoccupied with fixing his inner tubes....watch this space!
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The afore mentioned fame is now a reality with a three quarter page article with picture in last night's Wrexham Evening Leader unfortunatly kate the reporter forgot to print the justgiving website - which is mad considering she must have visited it to get all the surnames in the article..
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