Wrynose, Hardknott and onion rings. AKA Day 2.

Day 2 was Sedbergh - St Bees

After dad had the bus pulled out by Mr Giles in his tractor Dave 2 (Dave Boulder) was ready for cycling, I wasn't feeling bad and I think Dave 1 had slightly stiff legs from his previous 1.5 days on the bike. We retraced back to Sedbergh so Dave 2 could leave his car there.

We then cycled over to Burneside, a nice scenic cycle (had to wait for cows again) and met dad for a splash and dash.

It was then on to Windemere and round to Ambleside, luckily the busy A591had bike lanes alongside to avoid the worst of the traffic. The run down to the Lake was actually quite fun.

An early lunch at Ambleside where it decided to piddle down. We set off with waterproofs donned:

So a bit of cycling in the rain:

We soon reached wrynose pass, in the driving rain, the wind was swirling most of the time in our faces or on ours sides. This was tough cycling, I'd recommend  not attempting it on a normal double chainset, but it is doable! (With a couple of stops to regroup....) Getting clipped back in on 25% gradients was interesting. Dave 2 looking a little damp:

It was then an interesting run down the saddle, before starting up towards Hardknott, it had some real steep bits. Again Dave 2 looking alittle damper and tireder on the way up:

Well done to all for getting up! Getting down Hardknott in the pouring rain and headwinds was equally interesting, a fair bit of rear wheel steer/skid round the hairpins. We then met dad for a quick cuppa in Gosforth, before hot footing it to St Bees:

(Just before arriving):

And finally there

 

 Top Marks to all involved, 2nd day (including 2 passes) was 58.46, taking the total for the cycle to 164.66 miles. First Coast to Coast finished, only another 6 days of running to go!

 We recovered briefly in the camper and I may have eaten a tube of Pringles.

The wind was howling off the Irish Sea, and the camper was pretty near to it:

We then headed for some food, had to prop up the flagpole for a bit:

It was then to the local Hotel for food with onion rings, and extra onion rings, I've never eaten so many! Back to the camper for a bit of a chinwag, it was being blown from side to side. A drunkard kindly woke us at 1am by banging on the side, looking for his caravan, nice.

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