Today's Ride

We spent a comfortable night at the farm and when we went to the bikes this morning my front tyre had gone down again. Ah well another 20 minutes while pulled out a thorn from the tyre and mended the inner tube.
We set off for Carlisle, passing through the North Yorkshire dales,with Ken rushing on ahead as we climbed the hills as though he were going home.
Pete and I trundled on and at about noon we entered Cumbria. Shortly after it came on to rain, so we sought shelter in a pub at Tebay where the kept a very good pint and served excellent sausage sandwiches. From there we continued north climbing to Shap and then passing the Lake District on our left - looking truly majestic as the sun played on the hills. Oh Lord how great Thou art! We continued through to Penrith, where we stopped for coffee and another inner tube, before our final assault on the A6 to Scotby near Carlisle. Here David and Judy (Ken's walking friends) made us very welcome with Tea and a freshly baked cake, followed by a beer, before Duncan, another walker, joined us for a brief walk to a nearby Indian Restaurant where we enjoyed a fine meal. Then we returned to watch match of the day before retiring to bed.
It was another tough day of over 60 hilly miles. We have now completed about 570 miles according to the CTC route.