Google and other problems defeated!

If you have been following us intrepid JOGLER’s you may have noticed first our Blog disapear and then a total lack of updates.

Unfortunately Google made a false positive on our site as a spam blog on the day we left. This has certainly cost us sponsorship money for the Alzheimer’s Society as we had most people, including the papers and TV pointed to the Blogger blog. We would not have been able to sort this out at all if Not for Steve “The Engine” Evans who setup this WordPress blog for us before towing us through the wilds of Scotland. Thanks Steve!

As for updates we have not had access to a mobile signal or to be honest time to do anything other than ride eat and sleep. and eat, and er… eat.

Dr Steve has left us now to resume his respectable life in Scotland but will try to update the blog with tales of his adventures with us through Scotland.

Day 5 Dumfries to Kendal

1st day with a head wind today on boring A roads.

Gretna

The first stop of the day was at Gretna.  The bakery served great food.  It was tempting to order everything on the menu!

England

Penrith

Another coffee stop, this time at Penrith.  The A6 between Carlisle and Penrith went on forever.  It was good to have a break.

Shap

The day was saved by a fantastic climb to 1400ft at Shap summit on the A6 and the awesome descents that followed with speeds well in excess of 40mph. Great stuff!

Kendal

We had a great end to the day because the Hostel has turned out to be the best so far, ensuite facilities and friendly, helpful staff. Highly recommended.

This is a short clip of our thoughts before we went for a curry and a pint!