Leaving the cake district

On Saturday morning we left Danny's grandparents house at Arnside. It was really nice to have have seen the family, the food was incredible and we now had clean bikes and clothes.

It was a slow and very hilly start to the day. The planned route was 97 miles with 6,100ft of climbing. When we stopped for food at Orton Scar Cafe we had done 32 miles (just under 1/3 distance) and 3,500ft (over 1/2 climbing) already.

After the Orton stop the route started to flatten out a bit and we picked up our average speed. 

We stopped for coffee and cake in Penrith, a supermarket sandwich in Carlisle and then once we had made it over the Scottish border we pulled over for a Pizza Express at Gretna.

We checked into our hotel in Lockerbie at about 20:00. We had booked a different hotel but had been upgraded to a four star Best Western hotel. It was very posh and they were fine with us taking the bikes into the room. Both shattered, we ate at the hotel and went to bed.