Weather looked ok to start with and at least there was no rain. After a chat with the owners of th b and b decided to zoom down the A7 and the A6. Zoom ..... Hmm. The head wind was still with me so it was a slow demoralising crawl instead. Got through Carlisle without any problems apart from being slowed down even more by interminable traffic lights.
The A6 between Carlisle and Penrith was very hard work with the road stretching straight ahead of me and little shelter from that horrible head wind.
Negotiated Penrith and then still on A6 began the long climb to Shap. It started to rain at first lightly but then more and more heavily so that by the time I reached Shap I was very wet and cold and tired. I was thinking it couldn't get much worse when it started hailing.
I was getting colder and colder but got cheered when I easily passed three young women in their twenties who didn't have any luggage. Gosh I am shallow!!
Finally arrived at my b and b about half past four but no one there. Got the answer phone when I tried phoning by now i was shaking with cold so went to the pub and booked on for the night there
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