| Distance | 72 miles |
| Total Distance | 336 miles |
| Ascent | 5,371 ft |
| Total Ascent | 26,776ft |
| Temperature | 6-16 C |
| Wind | N 2-3 |
| Precipitation | long periods of rain |
| Visibility | Poor - Good |
Steady cold rain until mid-day, sunny in the early afternoon, then more steady rain.
The temperature was down to 6 C on a moving bike in the morning but rose to 16 C for a brief while this afternoon, dropping to 10 C late afternoon.
The very picturesque scenery up the Wye Valley was marred by low cloud and cold rain
Rob (Bike Adventures) came after our group (who were now 15 miles up the road) as the hotel was missing a key. Rob, once he found the occupier of the room, with the authority of a customs officer instructed him to search his luggage, the suspect said "I am 100% sure it is not in my luggage I must have left it in the laundry room" - "Are you sure" said Rob - a while later the suspect produced the key, which was in his jeans pocket,from his luggage.
Our group of 5 rode quite strongly, once again using John's slip stream when the wind got stronger in the afternoon but by making a second stop we just caught the afternnoon rain.
The website is late because my accomodation had no WiFi or 3G.
Once again all riders completed the stage safely.
Counties Monmouth - Herefordshire - Shropshire.