Today - in a word - Shite (amost other words I probably shouldn't use)

Our B&B last night was really lovely and after our breakfast we set off in conditions that started out much the same as day 4 (I think it was day 4, seems an eternity ago now). Mother Nature has been pretty fair with us so far but today she really gave us a hoofing and threw everything she had at us bar the snow! We cycled for roughly 7 hours today and in that time it stopped raining briefly for about 30mins. Needless to say we didn't get any photos and in terms of enjoyment it wasn't the best. We did have a chuckle at times but it really was entertain yourselves to keep going. The thing today that really made it hard work was the absolute gail force winds we've had. At times we were pedalling down hill in easy gears as the wind was blowing against us and stopping us! This has to be the toughest day so far in terms of conditions.

The good news is tonight we arrived at the Rigg House and it is tremendous. We were greeted by Jenny who as well as getting the bikes put away, stuck the kettle on and washed all our clothes. The shoes were put next to the old stove fire in the lounge and we sat there drinking our tea and warming our cockles. The room is amazing and the whole house is really lovely, tonnes of character, fireplaces, chesterfields, big windows, beautiful views (or at least would be if it stopped bloody raining!) The icing on the cake was the roast beef dinner and hot dessert Jenny prepared for us which was a touch as both me and FH were a bit worried we was in the middle of nowhere, which was nice! There is no way we are going out there again tonight. I'm sitting in front of the stove at the moment typing this after a great dinner, letting it go down. Tonight was a good night.

 


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