Profile wise, today may have been the smoothest, but throw in Warrington, Wigan, Preston etc and the MOST torrential downpour (e.g. We saw an old bloke with a beard collecting two of each animal to go on his boat!!) oh, and a lovely sliver of glass through my tyre and it meant today got long.. We lost about an hour overall..
Lying in bed at the Gilpin Bridge Inn, who have been wonderful , keeping back food for us, etc.
We kept meeting up with a group of 4 guys who left LE about 30 mins ahead of us , and two local chaps (on a 10 day schedule ) and their support crews, as well as crossing over with the "Brothers on Bikes"(14 and 15 with friends and family riding too) going the other way, it was nice to stop briefly and chat face to face after many twitter exchanges in the past.
The weather was variable, the towns were stop/start affairs ( we overtook Nellie twice crossing Preston !!) and the terrain not too bad... Body wise, we both hurt a fair bit, my aches are moving around, probably from compensating and couching the previous injury . Main problems are in the saddle area and knees. And the vibration through the bars means I'm losing sensation in the palms and last two fingers of each hand ( though it's no worse today , so... Bonus !!)
The key thing is that Project Mobility are getting noticed and the cause is being publicised..
That is, after all, why we ride..
Tomorrow, Shap Fell and into Scotland .
Night
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