LEJOG Day 4

Today's Miles - 115
Shrewsbury - Whitchurch - Warrington - Wigan - Preston - Lancaster - Bolton Le Sands

Another big day today. Weather been pretty good apart from a few big showers. Only been on two roads today - A49, followed by A6. Both really smooth, only a few big climbs. Sarah's new gears making rattling noise despite multiple attempts to fine tune them & adjust everything we could adjust. As is often the way, a fresh pair of eyes is the answer - we called into Halfords in Warrington where Fran (who doesn't own or ride bikes but is awesome at fixing them) diagnosed that the chain had been threaded through the rear mech incorrectly! 5 mins later we were on our way again with the sound of silence from the gears - finally!! Following lunch at Standish, we headed into Preston to be confronted by gridlock traffic - no trouble for those of us on two wheels, but we phoned our support crew to advise them to head north on the M6. Five minutes later, we found out from the lady in the garage we'd stopped at that the M6 had been closed due to an accident - too late! Support crew sent into this by mistake! As a result, we became the first LEJOG team to outrun their support crew, and we arrived about 10 minutes in front of them at our final stop! A6 great for cyclists with cycle lane most of the way to Lancaster & beyond - shame the queuing traffic wanted to share it with us at every opportunity! Camped overlooking Morecambe Bay, with a Becks in hand & having just wolfed down double helpings of Diana's famous chicken & broccoli. Tomorrow morning we'll reach our halfway point, and by the end of the day we'll be sleeping in Scotland!