We left quaint Pately Bridge in the Dales after both of us having little sleep the night before, a hot bedroom and a toilet flushing system that sounded like an A 380 jet engine starting up being the main culprits !
H despite a returned appetite wasn't up for riding so we instead took to the Yorkshire Dales driving along narrow lanes hrough beautiful James Herriot like scenery to Hawes and then on to Sedbergh.
The Dales borders on the stunning Lake District so it was one picture perfect moment after another as we then drove on to Kendal and Windermere (millions of tourists out and about) and Keswick (only tens of thousands) taking lunch and walking to take in views of the lovely Derwent Water.
With the plan to do some cycling on the C 2 C route we journeyed on to the west coast looking for a good cycle starting point and reasonable accommodation considering Whitehaven , St.Bees and a dump of a place called Egremont.
In the end we decided on Cleator a quiet village right next to the C.2 C route and close to the magnifent scenery of the lake district.
We settled for a hotel that s a converted school and amazingly the receptionist a former pupil who regaled us in stories of her time at the school including when protestants and catholics were segregated during play time !
A good dinner, a forecast for some reasonable weather and a chance to get back on the bike again - what more could we want ...... well maybe for Australia to last more than 3 days in the 3rd test !!!
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