We waved Toby off after breakfast, it was great that he could join us for the last 2 days. We packed up to leave and sorted out our washing where upon Clare made the fatal and foolish mistake of inhaling whilst squeezing the air of the plastic bag. She recovered after 5 mins with her head out of the hotel window.
Made good progress from Warrington to Preston slipstreaming on a particularly smooth piece of road at 30 mph. We stopped off for coffee, cake and washing at the mother-in-laws, leaving slightly heavier due to consumption of delicious home made flapjack. One mile later BANG! James tyre completely split. After asking passers-by we quickly established that one of the biggest cycle shops in the north west, Ribble Cycles, was around the corner. After making use of a full range of their tools to do a quick service of our bikes, we were on our way.
Had a good run up the A6. Weather had been good all day but we had heavy rain for the last hour as we started to climb the hills of the Lake District. Katie met us for dinner at the Eagle & Child in Staveley where we were staying. We had a few pints of 'wicked jimmy, had a token effort at the pub quiz before collapsing for an early night. Katie, Clare and Marilyn polished off their red wine which only improved their pub quiz prowess.
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