Today was a rather long ride, especially allowing for the time of year and the quality of his bicycle.  140 miles in a day, in winter, is no small ask.  These guys were tough.  The day seems to have passed without incident, except where he records seeing some ferocious Oxen.  I bet, a penny to a pound, that they would be Highland cattle, obviously not seen often in Cheshire!

I have often commented about the poor quality of tyres allowing so many punctures, in those early years, but you see here he makes the comment about a road being best passed over on paper rather than on tyres.