Support Team Report - Day Nine

A hearty breakfast was eaten by myself and Simon in the Rising Sun in Pandy that set us ready for the day of lugging extra weight around on the buses all day.

We had to catch the bus to Abergavenny to find out what to do next which turned out to be a two hour wait for the bus to Monmouth. I said to Simon "oh well, it's all relative. We would only be sat in a pub at the other end". I can't print Simons response but it was not encouraging.

One hair raising bus ride later and we were ejected into the centre of Monmouth. We walked over the medieval bridge and low and behold there was Russ spinning around trying to get his bearings.

At the campsite we set up our tents. Simon went to reccy the town whilst Russ slept and I went for a shower. When I returned to the tents Russ was sat with two fine looking ladies. They turned out to be his sister and niece.

Simon arrived later with a pack of pistachios and bottle of red wine which the three of us thoroughly enjoyed in Simons tree house.

Richard.

Having spent relentless research in the bar at Pandy, I found our only route to Monmouth was via Abergavenny. Arriving in "The bus station" we found we had about 2 hours to wait!!

I tried to amuse Richard by using different fractions for how long was left but he was having none of it. He mentioned imperial measures being ridiculous but its not my fault there are 1760 yards in a mile and fractions go down to 64ths! Taxis are the answer even if they cost twice the price for half the time, apparently.

As support I only thought it proper to buy a celebratory bottle and nibbles for the last night. Well done Russ.

Simon.

Location:Monmouth