PART 1

PORTSMOUTH – WARMINSTER / BEGINNINGS ARE HARD, AFTER DAY ONE WE KNEW WE COULD MAKE IT

WARMINSTER – GLOUCESTER / SUNNY DAY CRUISING ALONG THE CHANNEL

GLOUCESTER – LUDLOW / ANDREW – TODAY’S GONNA BE INTERESTING DAY FOR CYCLING. IT WAS RAINING ALL DAY LONG.

LUDLOW – NANTWICH / THE LIFE OF LORDS AND THEIR ESTATES.

NANTWICH – PRESTON / NEVER-ENDING DAY FULL OF RAIN, FLOODS AND UNCERTAINTY.

PRESTON – SEDBERGH / DARK FORRESTS AND MEDIEVAL VILLAGES, NICE REWARD FOR PREVIOUS SUFFERING

DAY OFF IN YORKSHIRE DALE / 5Y WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PART 2

SEDBERGH – CARLISLE / IT’S SO MUCH EASIER TO MEET NEW PEOPLE WHEN CYCLING, GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER

CARLISLE – EDINBURGH / LONGEST DAY, 169 KM, ANOTHER DIFFERENT CHALLENGE ON THE WAY, POWERED BY IDEA OF COSY HOME

DAY OFF IN EDINBURGH

EDINBURGH – PITLOCHRY / CAFE CAFE. NO MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE CYCLING THROUGH RAINY DAY ONCE YOU FIND PERFECT CAFE.

PITLOCHRY – AVIEMORE / IT’S GETTING REALLY COLD IN A TENT OF MINIMALISTS. BOOKING ACCOMMODATION FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP DURING COLD NIGHT.

AVIEMORE – INVERNESS / FREEZING IN A TENT, FREEZING ON A BIKE. EATING IN A BUS STOP. DURING THE DAY WE REALISE THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST DAY ON A BIKE.

INVERNESS – LONDON / CALEDONIAN NIGHT-SLEEPER TRAIN

LONDON – ESHER / RAIN AND TRAFFIC FRUSTRATION, BUT WE MADE IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAKE WAITING FOR US!

FOOD

AFTER ALL IT WAS A LOT ABOUT FOOD TO POWER OUR LEGS THROUGH THE UK. THROUGH OUR 100 KM DAY THERE WERE ALWAYS PLACES TO HAVE A GREAT HEALTHY VEGAN FOOD AND AMAZING CAKES. THE WHOLE JOURNEY WAS A FIEST. MORE THAN ONCE WE ENJOYED VEGAN PANCAKES IN NON-VEGAN CAFE THANKS TO AMAZING STAFF.