The first fall of the week. Nat's thin racing bike tyres couldn't find any purchase on the cobbled streets of Durham and Nat went crashing to the ground. He got lots of sympathy and fortunately only suffered a bruised elbow and was back on the bike again immediately.
The morning had not got off to a great start when it was discovered that a car park attendant had ripped two of the banners off the support van. Apparently the area is a heritage site and no political messages are to be displayed there. However, we had not been aware of this so we made a complaint to the local police officer as the banners had been all torn.
The day did improve after the events of the morning and we covered over 50 miles in sunny weather with some wind to keep the temperature from getting too warm. There were some hills to give us our daily dose of challenging terrain!
We arrived punctually in Darlington for lunch and were met by the Darlington Cycling Campaigners. Local supporter, Elizabeth Barclay with York PSC then welcomed us to both North Allerton and Ripon. We finished the day with dinner at the Water Rat pub in Ripon.
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