Getting nearer 30th June

Another day like yesterday where it all about getting the miles dines and not really anything of interest to see.
Oh I nearly forgot, making sure no idiot tries to knock you off, most important.
Very hot again and the wetting down of the suit helps to stop me reaching boiling point in all the gear.

The odd temple allows for a little reprieve from the heat but the miles have to be done to finish the Silk Road.
We cross the yellow river which is a very well known landmark and marks the fact that we are getting closer to the goal


Then what do you get, road closure as if we want anymore delay. Honest this is how they do it on a major dual carriageway

“SOD IT”
Let’s just ignore it
Whoohoo!
WE are not alone in this as we find locals in their cars that have done the same thing and this is for nearly 20 miles

Not very often you get to take a picture of your bike in the middle lane of a motorway!
We stop at a new garage and ask if they have any food as this is a new thing in china for the garages to sell goods rather than just petrol.
Yes they have packets of noodles but they need boiling water and dishes. No problem, they go off, come back with cold damp towels to cool ourselves on and then the noodles arrive.


They would not even take a tip when i paid the bill of the equivalent to £1.40
That is one thing he a very strict on is to give you your exact change and will not take a tip
A little while later it starts to get get dark, then damp on the ground and then light rain. That will be nice to get cooled off again. This is a side road as the main road was being dug up.

Then it really decides to rain and we are reduced to about 30 mph to see the road but the stupid locals resort to hazard indicators and no lights. Don’t they realise there is no charge for having your headlights on!!!!!!!!!!
Once the rain stopped it was very cool with the suit drying out “lovely”
Another road closure at a bridge and no way round but a path over the mound so over we go and the same thing 5 miles down the road for over the mound at the start ot the town. All the locals are doing it and i find it amazing that the close the road but everyone ignores it if it is not convenient for them
Only one incident today that we were all concerned about and that was Charles had a scrape with a local in a car and it got a little ugly and the police were involved. He offered to pay for the scratch he put on the car while filtering, but the local was trying for a lot more. Only took 4 hours to get straight down the police station were money was handed over.

11629 miles – Handan, China