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The day started off horribly. During breakfast, there was a large hail storm, and I don't think anyone was particularly looking forward to getting back in the saddle. We waited till the hail ended and the rain eased off, then set off. And about 2 mins later the rain started again!
It wasn't long before we were drenched, cycling into cold rain which then turned back to hail. Ouch! Not at all pleasant.
But we kept on pedaling, and made it to Penrith for lunch. And as it happened, the place we stopped at had free wifi so I could watch the last 20 laps of the Spanish GP whilst I ate! Just a shame Hamilton couldn't make it past Vettel for the win.
Back on the road, and the rain started again. Bah! But there were blue skies ahead! The two photos below were taken at exactly the same spot to try to demonstrate this.... the first, looking backwards:
The second, looking forwards:
However, whilst the rain stopped, the wind got progressively worse. Despite this, we powered along a very straight Roman road into Carlisle, tiring out Deano and Yorky in the process....
Within spitting distance of Scotland, we ploughed on until we saw the welcome sign we had all been waiting for!
(we took this using a very cool iPhone app called PhotoSynth, from Microsoft, which allowed us to use some trickery to get us all in one shot. Very cool!)
Not far into Gretna, we found our accommodation for the night - but I plodded on just a little further to find the place where my little sis got married not so long ago....
Very early start tomorrow to try to avoid the 70mph winds which are forecast. Yuck. Will also be raining again. Bah! And worst of all.... due to the early start, we're all going to be missing out on our cooked breakfasts :-( The sacrifices we make.....!
Location:Sarkside,Gretna,United Kingdom
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