The broken bike

No big report on yesterday due to no cell coverage and a rush to get to our booked b&b before dark.
We would have got there a couple of hours earlier if not for a catastrophic failure of Eric's rear mech hanger. No drive at all. He came around a corner, on a steep hill, went for bottom gear and it all exploded. We limped the last 15 for that first day to the b&b.
Yesterdays riding to that point was all 4mph uphills and 40mph downhills. Lots of fun' great sights, fine weather.
This morning we limped to St Austell, where the fantastic folks at Halfords sold us a universal hanger which eventually fitted, and while Eric fits a new cable, I am getting my phone keyboard grubby with oil soaked fingers. Looks like it might work, but he will have no very low or very high gears until we get a permanent fix in a day or two. Fun? Yes, weather fine, punchline for the day coming soon.
Sandy