<p>I'm going to be honest, today was pretty brutal. </p>
<p>It started off nice enough. When we began cycling it was blue skies and warm. We headed to Leenane, the scenery was fantastic reminding us of Scotland. However, this is where Andrews spoke broke. We only realised it was the spoke that had gone when we arrived at Letterfrack. So we peddled as fast as we could to Clifden, where we were told there was a bike shop. </p>
<p>We got there in good time and the guy said it would take about an hour. So we went to get a spot of lunch. Crab and smoked salmon sandwiches with chips, very nice indeed. We picked up supplies and then headed to the bike shop to find that Andrew's bike hadn't been fixed! The person that does spokes wasn't available until tomorrow. So the guy gave us 2 options: stay at Clifden and get the bike fixed tomorrow or get the bus to Galway and get it fixed there. We didn't like these options as it meant we wouldn't met our target, so we carried on. Andrew's wheel wobbling crazily. He was also making extra care to avoid any potholes.
The next 30km from Clifden were into a headwind and was brutal. Then it drizzled on and off until we made it to our destination, a bit later than intended and shattered . Found the campsite, fed ourselves and then had a lovely hot shower. A very trying day. Tomorrow we will head out early to get Andrew's bike fixed, fingers crossed.
Day 5 stats:
Distance - 120km in 7hr 28min
Total Distance - 551km
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