LEJOG - Day 7

 Garstang to Askham.

Thanks to Dave we have managed to shave off some hills and miles, and keep our wheels on actual roads, not a canal or river path to be seen anywhere.
We also had rain - not heavy but constant.

The hills started early, nothing serious but enough to tell the legs to wake up quickly or suffer. The day was later classified as "lumpy" and rightly so.

Up hills and down dales,
in the drizzle
past covered hay bales.

Hot chocolate and a 'not-quite-lunch' lunch stop at Casterton Golf Club refueled us for the next stint.
More hills.

The cloud lifted enough for us to catch a glimpse of the countryside we were working through; rolling green hills and fields, hedges and rivers, little bridges over gurgling streams. Pure beauty.

Yorkshire Dales National Park is beautiful and went past us at the perfect speed, giving us the opportunity to take it all in. 

The Lune Gorge funneled train, car, truck and cyclist through it's narrow gap, giving us beautiful views of our path ahead, as well as the route options we had decided to, thankfully, ditch.

The miles kept ticking over and we soon wheeled our way into Askham, a place to park the bikes, rest the legs and do laundry, for tomorrow is a rest day. Perfectly timed as we are now half way through this amazing trip.

108km (66 miles) today.

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