Phew big day!
We climbed just under 1500m and travelled 93kms. Stunning countryside and plenty of things to see on the way like Druid standing stones (which will get a big work out in a couple of days time for the summer solstice), a town that has a documented vampire, chocolate factories and many gorgeous villages. We had a second day of rain too but it cleared up in the afternoon.
Tomorrow is a massive day – 135kms and over 1500m of climbing. Unfortunately we will have a strong 29km head wind. But we’ll be crossing the Scottish boarder and we have our one rest day the day after. I can hardly believe we’ve come this far.
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- Old disused railway bridges abound
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- Working our way up in the rain
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- More old train bridges
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- Up on the top
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- Lovely old church
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- Druid stone circle
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- It is tradition in this area for Mole catchers to hang dead Moles on the fence. This lets the farmer know how successful the Mole catcher has been and also dictates what the catcher will be paid as they are paid by the piece. Yuk!