Graham & Bens End to End 2004

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Stage 9: Holme Mills to Todmoreden (Mankinholes). 63.2 miles.

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With Jean & helen at Holme Mills.

We left HolmeMills at 10.30 and rode into Burton-in-Kendal to get our route sheet stamped at the Post Office.
Climbing up the next hill, the phone rang and we discovered that we'd left some clothes behind! Luckily Helen volunteered to bring them out to us in the car, and met us on the road.

We dropped down into Kirby Lonsdale, and headed towards Settle on the main A65 road.
It turned into a very hot morning, so we were soon stopping at shops for ice creams and drinks.

Traffic on the main road wasn't too bad, although typically for one section where there was little room to pass, a great clump of cars came along, and we suffered considearble verbal abuse from the occupants of a blue transit van.

 

 




River Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.
Ice creams at Cowan Bridge - very hot morning!

Lane to Austwick.
 

Helen had made us some sandwiches, and we stopped by a bridge by a piece of the old road to eat these in the sun.

It was also a good opportunity to hang out and dry some of out clothes that were still damp from the thunderstorms at Carlisle.
It was an easy run along the A682 - very quiet - to Newsholme, where we took to lanes cutting a corner and crossing the main .... to climb to Barnoldswick.
We stopped for more drinks supplies and ice creams.
We also bought milk and yoghurt for the morning from a local store - all stuff which we later discovered had gone off!

Picnic lunch near Austwick ( still drying out!).
 


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