Cycling from Fishguard to Felixstowe: Day 2 - Brecon to Kingham nr Chipping Norton

As yesterday we awoke to grey skies. After a hearty breakfast of cereal, fruit and poached/scrambled eggs on toast we set off and within a few minutes it started raining. Proper rain this time and it went on for the first two hours.
We admired what we could see of the scenery but low cloud obscured most of the dramatic views.
There were more steep hills and sketchy descents where the bikes took a pounding on the rough roads. I can see why Brad Wiggins wimped out on the steep narrow descents in the Giro d' Italia.
The rain stopped shortly after we sneaked across an un-manned and un-marked border crossing near Hay on Wye. A pub at the bottom of another hary downhill made a welcome lunch stop - both of us having a very large bacon, brie and cranberry sandwich with chips. The warm sun in the pub garden also dried us out. Sadly we had to pass on the Sharps Doombar though.
At this point we still had nearly 60 miles to ride. The rain jackets were packed away for the first time and we rode in short sleeves for all of 30 minutes or so before the next downpour. Thankfully that was short lived and we had warm sunshine for the rest of the day.
There were two issues with the planned route, one requiring a mile walk through a field of sheep and one needing a detour to avoid a bridle way.
After nearly 90 miles, Stanway(?) hill on the way to Stow on the Wold was un-welcome, but the cream tea at the top was a well deserved reward.
After the last two days of rain and today's walk through a field of sheep the bikes were filthy and needed a good hose down when we reached our B&B.
A fantastic meal in the Kingham Plough rounded off a memorable day.
Now for some much needed sleep.
Mike