We're now in Northumberland and before I go any further I'd like to announce some awards for the English Counties that we have cycled through:
Most inaccurate road signs: Cornwall
Worst maintained roads: Northumberland
Most roadkill (by a long way): County Durham
Best downhills: County Durham
We're still having a fantastic time and have had a complete 'WOW' day....we're now in my childhood village of Corbridge which makes me feel very nostalgic...I went to visit my old house today and was sad enough to take a photo of our 'danny post' (danny is a game a bit like hide and seek)...the danny post was a lamp post (yes I did look quite odd!). We are staying with the Flemings (thank you Sue and David)... All in all it has been an amazing day... cycling over the North Peninnes (absolutely gorgeous), visiting old haunts and enjoying excellent company over dinner and a few glasses of wine.
The day after Harrogate (our last entry) we went via the famous Betty's tea shop and bought fat rascals... we were told we might have trouble finishing them but we had no problem after cycling up and down a few of the Yorkshire Dales. We did about 65 miles yesterday and ended up near Barnard Castle on a Farm Stay....it was absolutely beautiful overlooking the dales and had the added bonus of a full English this morning which helped to fuel us over the Pennines ride today.
Not much else to add...I've fallen off once more and have a strange non-painful ailment to my left hand which means I can't really hold a fork properly or use the 'a' or 'q' buttons when touch typing (basically my little finger is a bit numb). However, considering my lack of training I'm pretty plesased that is my only injury.
On a final note...we've now adapted the Proclaimers song to go as follows "And I will ride 650 miles and I will ride 350 miles more. Just to be....." Obviously the song keeps changing as we get further North!
Tomorrow it's the Northumberland coast - I can't wait!
Most inaccurate road signs: Cornwall
Worst maintained roads: Northumberland
Most roadkill (by a long way): County Durham
Best downhills: County Durham
We're still having a fantastic time and have had a complete 'WOW' day....we're now in my childhood village of Corbridge which makes me feel very nostalgic...I went to visit my old house today and was sad enough to take a photo of our 'danny post' (danny is a game a bit like hide and seek)...the danny post was a lamp post (yes I did look quite odd!). We are staying with the Flemings (thank you Sue and David)... All in all it has been an amazing day... cycling over the North Peninnes (absolutely gorgeous), visiting old haunts and enjoying excellent company over dinner and a few glasses of wine.
The day after Harrogate (our last entry) we went via the famous Betty's tea shop and bought fat rascals... we were told we might have trouble finishing them but we had no problem after cycling up and down a few of the Yorkshire Dales. We did about 65 miles yesterday and ended up near Barnard Castle on a Farm Stay....it was absolutely beautiful overlooking the dales and had the added bonus of a full English this morning which helped to fuel us over the Pennines ride today.
Not much else to add...I've fallen off once more and have a strange non-painful ailment to my left hand which means I can't really hold a fork properly or use the 'a' or 'q' buttons when touch typing (basically my little finger is a bit numb). However, considering my lack of training I'm pretty plesased that is my only injury.
On a final note...we've now adapted the Proclaimers song to go as follows "And I will ride 650 miles and I will ride 350 miles more. Just to be....." Obviously the song keeps changing as we get further North!
Tomorrow it's the Northumberland coast - I can't wait!
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