DAY 7 Garstang- Carlisle

SCOTLAND AT LAST!

We are still here!

RIDE TIME; 6 HOURS 5 MINS
MILEAGE; 92.6
AVG SPEED; 15.2 mph

Cold when we left at 8am this morning, cycled into Lancaster and Andy had a run in with a car, the car was turning left and did not indicate at all, he managed to stay upright thank goodness all ok and nothing damaged, mental through these big towns and we have tried to avoid them as much as possible. Lovely route into Kendal then up the dreaded SHAP PASS, steady climbing all the way to 1400 feet got colder the higher we went, great ascent dropped down into Penrith and got a bit lost on the way to the camp site.

Legs starting to feel it a bit now and bum, my knee was a bit funny this morning and Rob has got a sore thigh but apart from that its great.

Lily and I left the camp site, talk about a tight fit but I managed to get her out safe!

Did a bit of shopping just outside Carlisle and had lunch at a pub for a change....

Met a kid that was cycling on his own in a tiny tent, Lily told him that she has knickers that were bigger, he had broke a spoke and the lads tried to help him, Rob has only got odd shaped spokes and Andy does not have any, so could not help the poor chap, he is off to find a bike shop today, we may bump into him again in the future he was off to Fort William today. We made him a coffee and gave him a BIG slice of Helens cake to see him on his way!

Tracy