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Day of three thirds.
First third – awful drizzling rain, with breakdown
after breakdown after breakdown, one set back being, Libby’s front brake
calliper dropped off and I ended up riding her bike. At this point it was obvious and clear to us
that we weren’t going to make Lancaster.
Second third - the skies brightened up and the whole
highlight of the day was arriving at Whitchurch, with friends and family to
welcome us, giving us all a much needed boost of support!
We set off in reasonably high spirits with 80 miles to
do to get to Garstang, just
south of Preston. But, the heavens opened
with the most almighty thunderstorm. I wasn’t prepared, I hadn’t got my waterproofs
on, as I thought I had seen the last of the rain. We got absolutely drowned and
the temperature dropped to 12 degrees - we still had approx 40 miles to go, our
spirits were taking a battering. The water was cooled on the road in places, up
to 10 inches deep and as cars came past they sent a colossal wave of water,
drowning us from head to toe.
We arrived at the hotel at 9pm feeling completely and
utterly destroyed and to top it all, my knee is continuing to deteriorate.
The good news is, we’re up this morning; the sun is
shining and spirits are raised, albeit we are very very weary.
Hopefully if all goes well today, we will get into
Scotland somewhere north of Dumfries.
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