Pinegrove Hotel Carlisle

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3. A Dime - No, not a popular brand of crispy chocolate bar, but a 10 cent coin of the American currency which will remain in my waist pouch until I (eventually) reach the United States, wherein I will find some suitable person to pass it back to - along with the story. So you see this isn't just a random trip around the world: this is a serious attempt at tackling the global recession by returning money to the U.S ...

... by the time we were ready to leave, the wind had picked up & the rain was coming down sideways. When we crossed the border we were all leaning the bikes at 45 degrees just to go in a straight line and trying to brace for the gale force gusts!

So by the time we reached Haywick the weather had deteriorated & group decision was made for safety reasons to not continue to Glasgow but instead ride down to Martyn's sisters house in Warcop, Westmorland.
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... affair. This is good though, as the next time I am here will be on the day of my last injections - which is also day before I depart - so there will be precious little time for social arrangements.

This evening marked precisely 2 weeks to departure - awesome! XD

Day 2 and I need to fix the LR!

My first night in a hostel and first experience of having to share a room with 3 other strangers. There was one man that kept waking me up with his snoring, lets hope I got some revenge throughout the night;-) It's 8am and time for breakfast. Most of the Hostel are here for the Great
North Run so when I turn up for breakfast it is packed and everyone is excited about their days events.

I am ...

... has a variety of shops and restaurants for the tourists. Outside the Tartan shop was the Glasgow Accordion and Drum Band! They were excellent! Lots of toe tapping music, and, yes, we were surprised to hear the accordions. Down by the gift shop there was a full dressed piper playing his bagpipe. It was an interesting place with lots of happy atmosphere!

We then headed back into England to Lancaster. We didn’t want to be too far ...

... of the road north. However, it wasn't the end of the trip. It just meant we had to go south now.

So with a quick stop off in Gretna Green (home of quick weddings) we passed over the stunning Yorkshire Dales, which were full of two different types of person: Motorcyclists and Gypsys. The former come to the Dales for a hoon on the roads, the dangers of which we saw first hand ...

... we went south, past Derwent Water, on the hunt for more geocaches. We took in a few small caves, the much larger Boweder Stone (a massive rock pushed here by a glacier some time ago...), more fields, mountains, stunning views and lots of plans for retiring early and setting up home there. On the way back to Ambleside we played on another pass, in amongst steep walls of ...

Flying Friday visit in Carlisle you would think it would be straight forward, nothing is ever simple, not Carlisles fault but when my period report takes longer than i expect. I get a phone call from my Boss to congratulate me for how fantastic one of my stores look but on the flip side NO ONE SPOKE TO HIM. EVERYONE AVOIDED HIM LIKE HE HAD CHICKEN POX ...

... idea! But, regardless I know they're there for a natter and the main aim of this blog is to keep in touch with everyone. Hence the rambling waffles, I write as I talk! And also, its a record for me of what I get up to, why write when you can type! OK, enough, I'll get back to this in a few months when I get close to heading off. For now, I'll make sure I know how to use this so I'm not ****** about in internet cafes unable to upload photos! Talk to you later. Sarah

... of the lake and I strolled around for 10 minutes or so. I assume that was Windermere, but I am not sure. I upload a few picture from there and if you know where it is, please tell me. Anyway, on our way back, we dropped by Lakeside Motor Museum. I was not interested antique cars exhibited in the museum, but John really was.