Met Tony’s Carlisle crew, Stretch, Kev, Paul , David and Margaret & Gemma. The crew took us to an Italian restaurant which was superb, we ended up having a late night finishing at midnight. We decided to take a very leisurely pace, out of Windermere, However were met immediately by Kirkstone pass , the highest road pass in England. Tony has walked it before but cycling was plainly ridiculous especially as we faced sideways rain and clouds. To boot it all at 1500 ft in freezing conditions Tony announces he has a puncture! Following this the boys had a mad descent in the wet which was very hairy to say the least. The ground flattened and it was a fast ride to Carlisle. We stopped far to early and too long in Subway for Lunch with 50 miles to go. Leaving Carlisle to Dumfries avoiding the promised lunch stop, Sanj experienced the bonk at 80 miles and was ready to throw his bike into the hedge. Simon had to get emergency food rations for Sanjay, after this Sanjay recovered somewhat and we cruised into Thornhill staying at the Thornhill Inn. Had a wonderful meal of fillet steak. 93 miles covered !!
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