Cross Houses to Ecclestone

I had a steady ride into Shrewsbury and spent a couple of hours mouching around the town - it's a small, pretty medieval town, with a river and the usual collection of large town shops. Fed my developing SubWay habit and found a bike shop (needed to buy chain lube - the lube I brought with me seems to have bounced onto the road near Tiverton with my garmin).
After lunch< i had a steady ride up through Warrington and Wigan. Warrington gets the biggest pot hole so far award by far. I'm not exaggerating if I say this hole was at least 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. the depth varied because it was several smaller holes joined together, but in places it was at least 5 inches deep. It was also unavoidable. Bounced my tender way through that...
I now have an official cyclist's tan - very brown forearms and lower upper arms, especialy on the outside edge. But completely white hands (gloved) except for the 10p sized brown circle on the back of my hands where my glove straps meet. then brown legs - especially brown on the top of the knees, but white underneath. And very white feet and upper legs. Do i now qualify as a cyclist?
I stopped for a coffee in Warrington - weird sign in the toilet: 'By pulling the cord to activate the disabled alarm, staff will immediately enter the toilet'. Still not really sure what that meant.
Arrived in Eccleston in a shower just after 6.
Total miles so far 487.48
Total calories 23, 141
favourtie pub name: The Elephant's Nest