That was the first day then

This was generally my view for most of day one. Exceptions being when we had some mad downhill, when there was no one, or when the map was being consulted again. With the very real prospect of a very wet day, a couple of the very high passes were circumvented, with a slight lean towards the sustrans road route. There you go. We eventually rolled into Ambleside after 51 miles. Phew The Keswick triangle eventually let us out and the A66 is not nice to ride along.
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