Breakfast 7.30am and managed to leave by 8.30am. Immediately we were climbing some ferocious hills. This was to be , by far , our most tiring day. We actually cycled 67 miles as cycled across the Forest of Bowland. Gradually climbed up and up onto the moorlands. The scenery was spectacular. We could see the Yorkshire Dales on our right. We cycled through Lancashire, North Yorkshire and then Cumbria. The flies, particularly horse flies, were out in force and whenever we cycled slowly i.e. uphill or when staionary the flies moved in for the kill.
We finally made it to Higher Bentham and virtually fell into the first pub we saw and surreptitiously ate our bacon sarnies. We were both seriously knackered- perhaps later summed up in the following conversation as we cycled up yet another long hill.
Jeff - Look at that fantastic view.
Linda - never mind the f........ g view where's the top of the hill?
Stopped briefly at Kirkby Lonsdale where we bought some ice cream and watched people swimming in the river Lune. Got to Tebay and then had diffuculty finding our B& B! Owner gave us a donation. The room was impossibly small. You had to go in sideways to the shower! (67 miles)
We finally made it to Higher Bentham and virtually fell into the first pub we saw and surreptitiously ate our bacon sarnies. We were both seriously knackered- perhaps later summed up in the following conversation as we cycled up yet another long hill.
Jeff - Look at that fantastic view.
Linda - never mind the f........ g view where's the top of the hill?
Stopped briefly at Kirkby Lonsdale where we bought some ice cream and watched people swimming in the river Lune. Got to Tebay and then had diffuculty finding our B& B! Owner gave us a donation. The room was impossibly small. You had to go in sideways to the shower! (67 miles)
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