Diary - Day 27

Not much worth saying about this day as we spent very little of it cycling. About 7 miles into York, then we found a scabby backpackers (which was an error), found a useless bike shop (which was frustrating), then spent the rest of the day relaxing in one way or another.


After fitting a new brake disc to Sam's bike we headed for Pizza hut and I broke my existing record for slices of pizza eaten in one sitting. Actually I smashed it. 13 slices was the mark, I ate 20! Sam managed 16 as well so I reckon we got our money's worth out of that. We didn't eat for another 9 hours afterwards, a cup of tea and a couple of pints provided enough to keep us going. After we had watched Shrek 3 at the cinema Sam went to wander round the Minster while I sorted out some banking. Then we went back to the cinema to watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3, a fairly lengthy but entertaining film (for some reason all 3 films we saw on the trip were the third in a series). A Chinese meal at 9pm then one more pint and we were ready for bed.


Not for the first time on the trip when we stayed in a building I wished that we had slept in the tent. I can't remember any time when my sleep was interrupted in the tent, yet rarely did I get a full night's sleep in hostels etc,. Sam's constant fidgeting made a lot of noise in a creaky bed and the one other inhabitant of our room, an Australian girl it transpired, had a phone call at 4am which she seemed less amused by than I was. Sam slept through it.