Day 7. Stat report.

85 miles
13.2 mph
Granny gear rating 3/5 (nothing savage but a lot of slow burners)

The boys are back on track! A bit of route engineering avec monsieur iPhone and we laid down a steady beat on the pedals to arrive in Langholm (in bonnie Scotland again!) at a civilised 6:30pm

It was a real adventure in the first 7 days in England (and Wales). Spinning through places we'd never heard of before with no prior knowledge or gut feel for the route. Back now on more familiar ground some of the adventure may have gone and the navigation may be easier...but we've still got nearly 400 miles to go!

Today was another day for sporadic pock rock usage. I don't think there has been a day when they've not been on (maybe day 1). But the rain was showery rather than persistent.

It could have been a demoralising taxi back to high Bentham (and it didn't feel great) but we knew it was a new day, the weather was better and with a new 85 mile route sorted we were more than capable of getting this challenge back on schedule. And that's how it turned out. The scenery was fantastic, roads mostly non-busy. Even the goodly number of hills were brushed aside with no more than a clickety click down to the Lowest gear, a stiff upper lip and a resolute turn of the pedals. We even managed a few wise cracks along the way.

On a sadder note, gavin's gran passed away peacefully today. Our thoughts go out to the family.

Quotes of the day
Gav "open fire with the siege guns"
Jim "we better have a game of chess at some point, I've been hauling this set from lands end! Every gram counts."

QOTD outtakes
Gav "I'm going to de-rock right now"

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