Cake, cake and cake

We've been eating a lot of cake. On cycling days we probably burn 6000 calories, making it difficult to actually take on enough calories.

Cake helps. In Scotland we ate a lot of millionaires shortbread. In Cumbria and Lancashire we ate ecckes cakes.

Before we left my friend Rihana made us a fruit cake for the journey. "Let me know and I'll post another one to you" she said. She was serious and here it is arrived for us here in the forest of Dean. Thanks Rihana!

My stepbrother Mark and his wife Jo also made us this scrumptious banana loaf. It didn't last long, we finished it off for breakfast this morning. Thanks Mark and Jo!