From Kendal to near Chorley
After the shocking news that George was putting his career on the line to put us up for the night we tried to make a swift exit! In reality, we ended up having to make a stop off at Halfords for 10am in Kendal to sort out Chris' gears, which had been playing up yesterday. The journey that followed was described by Charlotte as "scenic." This has now become synonymous with "a bloody hard days cycle with lots of hills and sweltering heat."
During the "scenic" route we managed to avoid majors towns and cities for most of the day until we reached Preston. By this point we had already hit 50 miles, a lot of which were uphill so we did what any self-respecting student would do...headed to pub to re-group and do some thinking/drinking!
We eventually plumped for getting as far past Preston as we could manage then look for a field to set up camp. With the light failing Chris decided to ask at the nearest house whether we could camp in the field next to their home. What we didn't expect was the overwhelming hospitality that the Horan family offered us. John showed us a great spot in their garden to pitch our tents and Eileen brewed us up some tea whilst we sorted our kit out. After tea we got a tour of the stables from their grandaughter, Taige, who was a really chatty, bright, young girl. She kindly gave us a Spanish phrasebook to help us on our journey :-)
We're really greatfull to the Horan family and hope to meet similar, kind people along the way.
(For background info on our journey check out http://www.cycle-to-sahara.co.uk/)
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