Day 6

11th May. Day 6

Set off from Preston in the rain with our organisers warnings of severe gales and very wet weather over Shap hill.  We pressed on up the A9 which was quite quiet and through Kendal. The rain had mostly stayed off and luckily we managed to beat the severe storm while we tackled the eight mile climb up To Shap ( tour of Britain go over this ). After lunch at Shap we detoured off the A9 and took the back roads to Penrith and onwards towards Carlisle.  As per normal the heavens opened just at 10 miles to go and we were soaked on our decent.  Staying at a Premier Inn which is basic and difficult to clean and dry stuff.  BPF 6 today as I doubled up on padded shorts😄 91 miles today, 503 miles so far this week and 26,000 ft of climbing.  This was our last full day in England. Cross the border and through Gretna and up to sunny Kilmarnock tomorrow.

Strava route details day 6