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Cumbria


A toy dog inexplicably standing outside a house. Kirkby Lonsdale. This market is handy because I can buy food and drinks here without having to leave... A view of the A65 bridge over the River Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale. It's another popular swimming spot. I'll have to remember not to come back here with a horse and cart at night and wait. A golf course. Out of shot, a robot is mowing the grass. Cumbrian scenery. This road looks like it doesn't get much use. More fake dogs, this time on the road into Sedbergh. A supermarket which tastefully blends into its surroundings. Sedbergh School has buildings along both sides of this road but for some reason the pupils aren't al... The telephone exchange, probably obsolete now. Sedbergh. This bar's window display has sheep versions of several celebrities, in preparation for an event cal... Sedbergh. "Taxidermy, Crafts, Wild Bird Feed & Accessories" The Red Lion, next to the White Hart, is where I will be staying tonight. I don't know it yet but my... The bedroom is normal enough, except that the floor is so uneven that the wardrobe is leaning at a s... I also get this whole sitting room... ... which contains what looks like all the pub's Internet equipment. The view from my window. The plaque on the water fountain says that the road was widened in 1897 to ... This is the 19th place where I have stayed on this trip, and the first which has had little bottles ... The cable from this plug in my room leads to an outdoor-style socket on the front of the pub but tha... There's a lot of stuff here that you don't get in a normal hotel room. The little landing where the ... This sunshine should dry my clothes quickly. Through the door behind the bar, you can see the first half-flight of the steps which lead to the ki... Sedbergh in the evening, including a horse. An odd quirk of this room is that the kettle is presented in a place where its cable isn't long enou... This is actually the first time that I've used a kettle on this trip so, for all I know, all the pre... The plaque says that Sedbergh is unusual in having two royal charters: one issued by Henry III in 12... Today's route starts like this It's going to be a hilly one but the whole day's route is only 44 km ... A house. In the foreground on the left is what looks a lot like it's probably Sedbergh's waster supply tank. ... I think that the low point on the horizon in the middle of this picture is the col that I have to cr... Scenery. This is a lovely quiet road. Looking along the valley towards Tebay. The two separate carriageways of the M6 are to the left of t... Sheep in the road. A train. Nothing special. The M6, with its carriageways together again, and the West Coast Main Line. I'm heading for the same... A rest place. The vilage of Tebay, which gives its name to the motorway service stations. Now the motorway carriageways have separated again and I'm using a quiet road which runs along betwe... Whatever is buried under this strip of new tarmac obviously couldn't go through the cattle grid. The first heather that I have seen on this trip. I don't know but it's possible that this might be the highest that I get on this trip. It's only 328... Shap! That house has a good stash of logs. In a tree in Shap. Scenery. I remember as a child looking at road atlases and being fascinated by how the A6 and M6 weave around... One more picture from here. I've never been to a Tim Hortons before. This seems like a good time to investigate. All the way from Shap, the traffic has been like this: much heavier southbound than in my direction.... These four scarecrows were in the front yard of a bed & breakfast place which I passed on the ma... Penrith. Penrith. Penrith. Penrith. This heating pipe is a bit strange. It's laid on top of the carpet for most of the length of the cor... I haven't seen one of these in any previous hotel. You hang it on the door if you think you would ne... The view from my window. If you're interested, I have now visited 17 hotels since starting this blog... Two old cars in the hotel car park. One of them is bearing a plaque which says something about Londo... For a moment I thought my bike had been boxed in. Penrith. I keep happening across bike shops on this trip, and I'm leaving so late in the mornings that I woul... An unusual window on the end of a terrace of houses. The road North. Again, this is the West Coast Main Line so it's quite busy. I waited for a couple of minutes but a t... Just another house. Ah, that will be why Google Maps was so reluctant to offer a route which used that road. I was going... A view across Carlisle to some Scottish hills. That's the third one on this trip. Carlisle's new southern bypass under construction. Carlisle seems quite good for cycle lanes so I ho... I wonder if the shop on the right is a legitimate branch of Biedronka. The logo looks to be correct ... Carlisle citadel. This is 13 km from the border but to me it feels like the ceremonial entrance to S... The same place. Carlisle. Disc parking seems commonplace in Cumbria. It was being used in Penrith as well. It's generally not ... The murals in and around this underpass list events from Carlisle's history. Here it says that the R... The River Eden looking very blue. This is part of Rickerby Park, but not the part which I rode throu... Eden Bridge Gardens. The benches along this road must have had a better view before the trees grew. I can hear a cricket ... The sign tells me, correctly, that National Cycle Route 7 goes this way. I saw several other touring cyclists this afternoon. The one in this picture has delightfully mismat... Both the road which I am on and the motorway to the left were constructed between 2004 and 2008. Bef... Normally, signs for the England Coast Path point in two directions but this one doesn't because the ...