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This is where I'll be staying tonight. It has proper bike parking which isn't even poisoned. Heres the room. The table is a little bit small but apart from that it's fine. Unusually, the sink is outside the bathroom. There is also what looks like a pair of hair tongs. Although there is tea and coffee in the room, there is no kettle. Instead you have to get boiling wa... Is strange that a big modern hotel like this doesn't have a lift but it suits me. As with many of my... This is the diner. There are quite a few other customers here, its just that none of them are sittin... Outside reception. When I said that I was in Bristol during last night's quiz, sombody pointed out that this weekend is... The person in the quiz who told me about the balloons also said that he happened to be in that shopp... These cycle route signs feel quite Dutch. It's Saturday so the Aztec West business park is very quiet. A new bench in Falfield, marking the coronation of King Charles. Is that the last palm tree I will see? I know the A38 between Bristol and Gloucester qiute well so I know it had good cycle lanes for a lot... Now I've got lost in Quedgeley. I thought I knew this area. Gloucester Docks. I didn't see the submarine-shaped Gromit but I have found a lion. Gloucester's Southgate Street. It's easy to pinpoint the exact centre of Gloucester: it's where Nort... A statue of Nerva, Roman Emperor in the years 96 to 98, which was when Gloucester was founded. I've never noticed those figures with bells before. I wonder if they do something at certain times o... Gloucester. Tewkesbury seems very proud of the role that it played in the Wars of the Roses. Buildings here have... Tewkesbury Abbey. I'm going to Upton-upon-Severn but I'm going to ignore this sign and go straight on. The hill in thi... The stone tower behind the garden centre is part of a house which came up for sale soon after I star...