Day 6 - Lockerbie to Ambleside

We could see from the profile that there were a couple of steep hill treats to look forward to later in the day. 
The first 35 miles breezed by and with the clear(ish) sky and rolling hills around us, it was lovely morning for cycling. 
In our usual fashion a big bowl of cereal and a full breakfast kept the legs moving.  
Before we knew it we were back in England!
Dalston provided us with some entertainment!
A few big hills later the road was blocked by a flock of sheep!
A lovely route around Ullswater. 
Glenridding was our late afternoon tea stop where we met up with Eva and Terry for tea and cake! 
Then the time had come to tackle the climb of the day up to the Kirkstone Pass Inn
That was hard, but what goes up must go down and 'the struggle' was out route down. The braking fingers got a good work out!
And I broke my top speed to just over 40mph. I won't be doing that again in a hurry though, it was a little scary!!
A glorious evening and a trip to a scrummy Thai restaurant in Ambleside awaited us. 
We pray for more good weather tomorrow!



 



 
 



 


 


 
 


 


 


 


 



 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 11 - Cheddar to Crediton

Image
Sausages and the Donkey Whisperer After a night in the cell, we were thankfully released just in time for a hearty breakfast. Among other areas of stimulating conversation such as "what will the weather be today?" and "what's for lunch", breakfast chit chat has more recently been directed around the quality of the sausages. As we have endured our journey, one thing has been certain - wherever you are, the overall quality of a B&B is directly proportional to the quality of sausage served at breakfast, some of the best of which were served up today (as opposed to Thursday morning's that were like eating rubber fingers). Upon further research it appears the minimum meat content for a pork sausage is 42% (down to 30% if you remove the word pork from the labelling). We discussed our findings with the owner and she rather proudly revealed hers were the 93% ones made from Prince Charles' pigs. Needless to say, they were gorgeous. :-P Anyway, packed and read
Read more

Day 12 - Crediton to Bodmin

Image
Big Bertha and the Beast of Bodmin.  Today was a good day for kite flying rain collectors, but a bad day for JOGLE cyclists.  We tried our best to prolong the inevitable by eating honey and admiring the innovative breakfast honey spoon, however there is only so much honey one can consume, and our time had come to face the inevitable penultimate day! True to fashion, the MET office got their prediction correct, and we set off straight into the howling wind and rain.  In a bid to avoid the traffic on the notorious A30, we instead chose a more scenic route through the adjacent countryside. Unfortunately, we slightly underestimated the amount of hills we would have to tackle, and these combined with gale force winds and heavy rain made for a very challenging 6 hours of cycling. We did pass some clever animal topiary, which of course deserved a novelty photo. And we braced ourselves across the super windy Bodmin Moor. I wondered who would be trading dogs up there?  Then I noticed the full s
Read more

Day 13 - Bodmin to Lands End

Image
We made it! After a lovely evening at the Nichols/Cannaby residence and the reality of only 68 miles to go, our final morning preparations finished with with a  nespresso toast and celebratory selfie with Bea and Ruby the Dog. With no severe weather warnings issued, it was t-shirts on and heads down as we cycled out of Bodmin and onto our scenic A30 avoidance route past St Michael's Mount and through Penzance to Lands End.  St Michael's Mount Fuelled by fruity malt loaf! Newlyn Harbour Fiona's best mouse impression! Almost there! Then after a rather indirect but pretty route along a winding cycle path, we had finally made it!
Read more