The longest day!

The body is now aching and feeling the miles, but today it was all about the never ending rain and wind! We left a huge cottage in Silloth to cycle along small country roads encountering many farms and cow polluted Tarmac. Very amusing in wet weather with no mud guards as it sprays everywhere!
The farm roads reminded me of the back roads in N.Z

As the rain continued to fall we headed towards the Solway coastline. The views of the beautiful coast were hard to see as the wind and rain made the place look like a disaster zone. Instead we had fun chasing escapee sheep and cows on the roads.
Finally we got to Bowness-on-Solway where Hadrians wall begins! The rain is still falling and taking photos becomes near impossible. My SLR camera hasn't been out of the pannier.

We cycle through the scenic parks of Carlisle and onwards to the endless climbs that follow the wall. My legs were exhausted after a few of these but then we encounted the mega down hill thrill! Dane said his speedometer read 30mph!
The wall was right beside us and the rain still fell. As we admired the wall I realised we had been cycling all day we were up to 54 miles. Tired, soaked through, sore muscles and hungry I couldn't wait for the moment we would be greeted by our B&B guest. The road went on for what seemed liked eternity. But we made it!