Professor Higgins may be right but.....

Early'ish start from Felton south of Bristol. We navigated through the city by sticking to the waterfront, crossed the Severn Bridge -where the northerly winds hit us.
Up the beautiful Wye Valley  (passed Tinton Abbey) sticking to the river bank (thanks Steve Newman!). Lunch in Monmouth (rabbit and salmon - not mixed though) then on towards Hereford - and it is perfectly possible that hurricanes never happen there, nor in Hertford or in Herefordshire - but Prof. Higgins never thought of headwinds!
So against the not very prevailing winds we made our way to Leominster where all accommodation was sold out. Found a B& B north of town where we arrived slightly hypothermic but a beautiful logfire was burning. We met up with good friends from Bury St Eds - David and Jung Hee - who had come over to provide us with some much needed moral support. They also  offloaded me of a significant amount of unnecessary stuff (including my bloody lock! If someone wants to steal my bike well then at least that gives me an excuse for quitting - no thoughts of that now!!!).
And we had a good meal at the local pub, the Roebuck.

. We enjoyed a couple of pints of Hobsons Best Bitter , delightful 3.8% hoppy and dry, and Ludlow Gold - slightly heavier but perfectly enjoyable at 4,2%. We also had some food the nature of which escapes me - but it was perfect with the beer.
 A great time was had and today's mileage of 80 left us feeling quite pleased with our efforts.
Tomorrow we aim for Manchester - weather depending!