Halfway. Not quite over the border, we cross 4 miles into tomorrow. We left Preston at 8:20 in a heavy mist. None of us have lights but the roads were quiet on Sunday morning. We passed a time trial heading into town all lycra'd up on their expensive carbon bikes. At Carnforth (home to Brief Encounter) a local club rider joined us for an hour and marvelled at the pace we maintained. 155km today our longest yet at an average 27.8kph which included crossing Shap Fell at 400m high. Shap was nothing compared to Dartmoor nor Cheddar even and we hit a crosswind at the top which slowed our pace.
I'm starting to feel sore now. I have a blister on my right foot and lost the nail off my little toe on my left foot but other than that no problems. We had a bit of rain for the first time today. But nothing to dampen our spirits.
Longtown tonight. Kilmarnock tomorrow.
1 comment:
hard to believe it takes 6 more days to ride through Scotland. Keep going mate. It's inspirational stuff.
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