Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Day 5 - Half - way point

Lancaster - Annan
110 miles

The Team rode on through the Lake District in beautiful sunshine up into the Scottish city of Annan. Grandpa Hickson came and supported the trip and spoke of his bike ride in 1938 from Lancaster to Bristol on a bike with no gears!
Must dash as we've got a ferry to catch - se ya Jimmy!

Day 4
Shrewsbury - Condor Green
120 miles

As the Team cycled through Liverpool and Chester they had to swerve out of the way of "dangerous car drivers" as one of the cyclists who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of his wellbeing told me. They caught the ferry across the Mersey to the very sound of "Ferry Across the Mersey" by Gerry and the PaceMakers - an appropriate song given the circumstances, unless of course, you are under the age of 40 then this cultural reference will probably pass you by. Here's a link for all you folks that know what/who he/it is all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loyRYFUYg9g Enjoy!

2 comments:

  1. Fantastic progress! Hope the sun keeps on shining for you. Best wishes, Clare and Richard.

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  2. Well done so far...keep pedalling

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