Day #6 : Into Moffat
Beautiful dry morning riding out (and UP) from Dent into the Eden valley, an unspoiled and at times quite wild place.
Also a trip down memory lane for Tim who spent many of his childhood holidays there hiking and climbing (according to him his parents didn't like the idea of their kids hanging around with the masses 'eating lollipops' in Lake Windermere). Odd as I have always thought him a man of the people.
Being Saturday saw several groups of weekend cyclists - a reminder that cycling looks quite enjoyable when you haven't a an agenda to stick to and 15 kilos of extra kit attached to your bike.
Winds were continuing to blow from the north pushing our average speed down to under 10mph so to prevent an 11 hour day, around lunchtime we elected on another railway 'hack' to cut our ride down to 65 miles in total. We got into Moffat around 4pm - in time to see local lads staggering out of the pub singing Oasis, another reminder that the weekend was upon us.
Got out for a decent Italian meal and back to bed at 9pm..
