its been a long day, mainly because i wore some cheap cycling shorts today. around about mile 6 my backside started hurt, so the next 100 or so miles were spent cursing both my rubbish atire and every bump and lump in the road. i am now sat in a nice comfy chair writing this blog feeling much better. So we set off from the alvanley arms at just after 8.30 this morning. the pub had been great and a nice meal was had by all. the weather was dry and sunny when we set off, but only around 10 degrees, so rather chilly. the route today was better than i had hoped as the prospect of navigating the north west wasnt good, far too many towns to enjoy a good ride. however the route we planned used a lot of canal paths and cycle tracks so we missed most of the built up areas. only a slog through the middle of preston spoilt things. then on and up through lancaster and on to kendal. and after 6.5 hours we finally made it to mum and dads house in kendal. beers were waiting in the fridge... happy days.