now it's day seven right it must be day seven seven or eight days ago we got on a ferry from
england to mainland europe we then rode through the netherlands belgium france
and now we're about to enter switzerland our final destination is sun god in verbia and today's ride
is the penultimate ride unfortunately it is raining a lot outside and we're cycling up
a mountain i brought a rain jacket we're now climbing out of france pretty much uphill the
whole way 2 000 meters of elevation and it should be stunning that's if we can see down the road
morning you've got a hood and everything yes looks a bit wet outside
morning and welcome to today's episode of we could be back in england day morale is low
6k in and it's been solely uphill the cracks are starting to show i've completely forgotten
to fill up my water bottles something i had to give it's a bit rainy thank god it's a bit
rainy it's actually quite nice warm rain but it's that fine rain that gets you really wet
very very fun and fast descent which meant we've uh caught up a lot of kilometers that was about
10k long ridiculous roads now are getting wider smoother you get these uh well when you're up
at this elevation in switzerland there are little cracks in the road because of the snow that comes
down and they fill them in so they're a little bit bumpy but uh on the whole very quick very fun
i say that but i think we're still in france we are still in france until 80k 80.
how you feeling today ben fatigue today i'm honest yeah yeah it's the most riding you've
ever done in a row yeah definitely no rest days no rest days it'll be hard to top it's probably
the most amount of riding i'll ever do again in a row hello i'm glad you two have been here
oh you won't be able to do it on your own no i'm glad you're here
thank you you've been very fun you're going insane nice grey socks as well fresh this morning
oh update from the road we're on a very big climb 600 meters up the rain has stopped
we've got the tunes going there's cows digging bells everything is well with the world have
to ride fairly hard because i've got just road gearing on this bike bit of oversight
what we're going to do is get over this climb big descent then a little climb again to the highest
point of today and then it should be downhill all the way home or home the hotel by a nice
lake then we will be in switzerland and everything will be very expensive i want two chicken wraps
what two chicken wraps trying to drop me on motorways i didn't film that bit have to
explain to them what's going on i think we confused the lady with how much we ordered
oh there's more magic so we've just had uh probably the worst bit of the ride so far
on a horrible a-road there were a lot of trucks no hard shoulder it rained and we basically just
had to pace line as far and get through as fast as we could so i sat on the front i guess that
smells nice so we're rewarding ourselves with all the pastries and sandwiches and
sugary drinks in the world in a little town which is about halfway through the route
there's more climbing to come but um yeah i'm glad that's over with cause that was pretty horrible
money
so ben this is your first bike packing trip ever what advice would you have for someone
who's new to it now it's fresh in your mind 70 meters keep right on road thanks lady
first of all do it just do it second get someone like chris the planet and put and put hotels
perfectly where your legs won't fall off if you think you need it to pack it you probably don't
it's been quite easy for me though like it's not a true representation because i've had you and
chris and chris did all the planning on commute and you've sat on the front and pulled me around
it's been amazing man has been brilliant there's no way he's to make it from that side of the road
to the other should give him a hand you can't can you you're not let's pick him up why aren't you
where's snow you don't know which way he's going i know where he's going
he's pointing in the direction he's going yeah what you should do is lay some water
i'll be on the grass on the other side that'll save me six days
he's late much if he was going that way he left he left that side on wednesday
i'm not joking i've really pulled my leg a massive tractor just went past snow would have died
we saved his life we saved his life so peaceful hear the birds again
can we go get some chocolate and a coffee
let's go cafe
i'll explain what just happened when we get there i've been on edge as i think all of us have
all day because the drivers here have been terrible so we've all been a little bit on edge
and just then there was basically like a guy nearly died didn't he that was so close so
we came to this junction i'll put up a clip uh a freeze frame of exactly how things ended up
basically the big articulated lorry was turning right swung out with his indicator on and then
the guy on the inside tried to cut in and he didn't realize he was turning i guess and the
lorry completely crushed the van luckily both of the guys were right and the guy in the truck was
quite rightly very angry and more concerned about us and more concerned about us yeah a bit sketchy
i'm gonna ride really easy for the rest of today okay
took him out and he was like i'm pissing it down is it boys i said yes
it's been pissing it down it was like safe yeah cheers for that one the goal was to get you to
switzerland and we are now in switzerland we had a near-miss crash you probably would have died
you would have been crushed to beards
fantastic ride and by fantastic i mean absolutely terrible the driver's here
he's given up because he hates cycling now he's gone because we're in switzerland he just wanted
to get switzerland that's it there you go you've got the train now video thumbnail ben's gone
guys behind us are getting very high so i was gonna say yeah there's no one here that hasn't
got a joint everyone that's walked past like there was an old lady i thought she won't have a joint
she had a joint we got three of these not taking them mcdonald's have done our present trick on us
cannabis is legal in switzerland quantity
106 dollars you're allowed to carry in this country and smoke in mcdonald's it seems so it
seems that was swaziland not switzerland cannabis in switzerland is illegal where's swaziland then