(written by Dave) Most of today’s goals were accomplished. Sleep late without alarm – tick – we could get use to this Have something good for breakfast – tick – wonderful Spanish breakfast tacos See some of Bristol and get a feel for the city – tick – we wandered about for half the day … Continue reading Bristol street scenes

(written by Nancy) After yesterday’s longer day than expected we knew today’s ride would be short so did not worry about setting an alarm to get up early.  It was lovely to sleep in a bit – we did not get out of the tent until almost 8am and we could see blue sky and … Continue reading A short stroll along the borderlands – Shelve to Bucknell (32/20,679ks, 370m)

(written by Dave) (written 12 Sept, posted 13 Sept due to lack of internet access) Today we find ourselves beyond Hope, completely beyond Hope.  It is not that we’ve given up hope, it’s just that we found a campsite that was just beyond Hope and decide to ride there. We didn’t know that the campsite … Continue reading We are beyond Hope – Chester to Shelve (94/20,647k, 710m)

(written by Dave) We enjoyed our night in the Premier Hotel, we liked it so much, we are in another one tonight in Chester.  They are budget hotels but pretty nice.  To be true budget, you have to book in advance on the web.  We aren’t doing so well at that as we don’t trust … Continue reading Wheely bins and Tudor – Bolton to Chester (65/20,553k, 305m)

(written by Nancy) A very quiet night in the Slaidburn youth hostel last night – we didn’t really hear anything except, unfortunately, the sound of raindrops when the alarm went off at 6:30 this morning.  We packed up, had the usual breakfast of oatmeal and as we had access to a toaster Dave got a … Continue reading Another hill, another dale, another storm – Slaidburn to Bolton (72/20,488k, 750m)

(written by Nancy) We started the day with another full English breakfast – and a bowl of cereal and some yogurt.  After all that we were well fortified for the Lake District.  We started the day with a 14% climb up to Castlerigg Stone Circle, a circle of stones thought to be anywhere from 4-4500 … Continue reading Lake District ramble – Keswick to Segdwick (64/20,362ks, 595m)

(written by Dave) Warning: bike nerd posting After yesterday’s big ride, we decided overnight to spend the day hanging out in Keswick.  We may be setting the record for the slowest ever LEJOG but it’s our trip so we get to make the rules.  Staying at the B&B has been a nice break from the … Continue reading Bike nerd posting from Keswick