From Lockerbie To Sedbergh
Distance Travelled 76 miles
Ave speed 11.1 mph
Max speed 33.1 mph
Weather Wet with a headwind
Cycling time 6 hours 48 mins
Total Distance so far 458 miles
Left Lockerbie just after 9.30. First stop Gretna, to record our arrival back in England.
We took a short cut today, along the A74, (which links the M74 and M6). Cyclists should be banned from this road as its too dangerous! We were pleased to see the sign 'non motorway traffic this way'
Through Carlisle, Penrith and climbed up to Shap where the weather set in for our last 2 hours. Wet and windy is not good news for your moral when you only have 20 miles left in the day.
We climbed and climbed looking for our turn off to Sedbergh. It must have been 20 minutes up this climb when both of us began to think we had missed the turn! We stopped to check the map and luckily Rob spotted our turning must be just ahead as Shaun was up for turning back (which would have been the wrong descision!). The rain was pelting down on the desend towards Sedbergh but we finally arrived at 6.30pm. Another long day in the saddle!
As it was Saturday evening, your boys went out for a couple of beers and a curry at the Taj Mahal!
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