from off piste to piste off. Preston to carlisle

Fabulous days riding today covering 102miles with a top speed of 52.4 (legal).with the wind at our backs we sped through Lancaster and Kendal sampling the local cake. Great ascent of shap fell at 1400'and then down to penrith on the A6. Too busy for a few of us so agreed with organisers to go off piste taking in the fabulous mungrisdale in the lake district. Amazing views to skiddaw, helvellyn and blencathra. Sped into carlisle where we we're given a dressing down for disrupting the group dynamic by going off piste despite it being agreed. All in the name of quieter, safer and more scenic roads. I'll take the dressing down any day of the week but needless to say we weren't overly happy. Let's hope for better stuff tomorrow. 2263 calories yesterday and 3035 today. Keep on pedalling......HARD! Martin