A longer day but much easier. You can tell the weather is nicer in the Eden valley as the sheep are all shorn; on the moors they still have their winter woolies on.
The first main town is the lovely Appleby, where church bells remind me it's Sunday - believe me I'd forget my own name by now if it wasn't written on my case. We carry on and stop for great cream cake at Brief Encounter in Langwathby (yes it is on a railway station).
One of the pastimes when cycling is looking at road names and wondering how they got them. Lots are obvious - when it includes the word 'hill' the heart sinks - but some more puzzling. Today I found a new variant - the headlines for local papers. Favourite of the day was "Dog rescued from trampoline"; I thought about this a lot but still can't fathom how this could be dramatic enough to be newsworthy. Eden Valley must be a very quiet place. Also enjoyed "Funeral for killer bird"!
Lunch was a picnic on the Village Green in Wetheral and another snooze. Then continued the mainly gentle rolling ride into Scotland - hooray! Still a long way to go but we are more than half way.
Thanks for all the comments, I look forward to reading them each evening so keep them coming.
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Hi Janine, well done. It makes it more interesting when you are cycling along roads we know. Me and Nicky (sorry Nicky and I) walked across Morecambe Bay on Saturday for The Leprosy Mission. I think you should consider something like that next year - it is much shorter. Missing you in the Car Share.
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Hi honeypie! Glad to see that you are navigating via good food sources. Very Storehouse - never knowingly underfed... Agreed on the newspaper headlines. The dog one brings all sorts of unsavoury possibilities to mind; what on earth had the poor thing got caught where?!? I'd suspect fur in the springs, myself. Very uncomfortable. How are your own springs holding up? Amazed that anyone's lower limbs can keep going that far. How many revolutions a day, I wonder? If you're bored, you could try counting! Am very impressed that you've made it into Scotland. Will tell Gillian Officer you've crossed into the Promised Land. See you soon, missing you, Hil xxx
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