Into the wind for a while for the first time on the trip out from Hawes heading West, but the turn towards Kirkby Stephen made things less windy but hillier.
Lovely road heading West out of Hawes ...
Weather dried up and the sun beat down for the rest of the day. However hard this start was it was going to be far easier than my original plan of heading up the climb past Buttertubs and on to Tan Hill Inn - which I made a tactical decision to change.
Into Cumbria ..
where you have to watch out for the (Red) Squirrels ...
Apart from saving me energy, the other unforseen benefit of this change of route was finding a stunning tearoom at Kirkby Stephen. Lovely Cream Tea and then a packed lunch to take away for a tad over £6 - awesome.
Food went too quickly to get a 'before' picture ...
Rest of the day was pleasant and pain free until a stretch of hills just before Carlisle.
Accommodation in Carlisle was a friendly Guest House in a so so area of town, but close enough to easily walk to some food within 10 minutes.
Stats for the day:
Flapjacks 0.5 ?!
Cream Tea 1
Packups 1
Red Squirrels spotted 0
Red Squirrel warning signs spotted 10+
Mileage 59.05
Tot. to date 646.3
Cheers,
Mat.
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Amusing signs appendage:
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Probably a ...
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A twosome of mildly amusing placenames plus a ***thwaite for good measure ...
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