Day 13: Whitchurch to Church Stretton
MATT:We had a lazy morning. Carla left, but she’ll be back before too long I’m sure. Once we got on the road time flew past for me. I think I’m getting the hang of zoning out of all...
Day 12: Tarvin to Whitchurch
MATT: We had a bit of a lie in and Gill made us all pancakes and bacon baps. I wasn’t sure if we’d be skating or not. Turns out we were! It was van switching day – Lee’s...
Day 11: Eccleston to Tarvin
MATT: Today we had lots of toast for breakfast. Well everyone seemed to except me! It kept being brought in but I only got one bit so when we started skating I was pretty depressed ha ha. Peter...
Day 10: Kendal to Eccleston
MATT:Well it should have been dry, but we woke up to the sound of rain pounding down on the roof of the tent. It wasn’t very motivating! Taking a rest day sounded extremely tempting but we...
Day 9: Carlisle to Kendal
MATT:Woke up to a feast of cereal and toast from Sue but missed Dave leaving in the morning. We got on the road from Carlisle, heading out to the rumoured “44 miles of uphill”. I was...
Day 8: Abington to Carlisle
MATT:We decided to get up a bit earlier than usual to crack out the extra miles that we didn’t make yesterday. Today was the first day that I couldn’t stand the porridge – I’m...
Day 7: Glasgow to Abington
MATT: Waking up indoors after a super good nights sleep was amazing, I can’t thank Sandra and Andy enough for letting us stay over! Last night the table was full with pasta, stew and salad,...
Day 6: Crianlarich to Glasgow
MATT:You’ll never guess what the weather was like today! Yeah it rained. Had a big tasty breakfast at the hotel this morning, then pushed off to Glasgow, 51 miles on the A82 according to the...
