Today was always going to be a long one. We awoke to find the forecast of 40 mph winds and rain had come true and today was one of the longer 120 mile sections, taking us aross the border from Scotland into England with a changing of the socks ceremony to be held on the border!
Now some of us have ridden in 80 mph winds on quiet moorland roads, during the 'Exmoor Beast' last November.However, it's something quite different, when at the side of a very busy duel carriage way, you have to hold a line, a foot wide during a fast decent whilst articulated lorries hurtle past, six inches from your shoulder! Extreme sport this end to end lark!
The socks were changed but all were very, very, soggy! Here I am with a foot in Scotland and one in England!
The day was made longer by another mechanical, as Andy Brock's gears decided they'd had enough and we had to make calls to bike shops in Carlisle from Gretna Green. Here are some of the boys hiding from the elements while the bike is returned to us after Andy had ridden another spare bike for a couple of hours!
When we finally made Kendal in the beautiful Lake District it wasn't really visible in the rain and fading light!
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