Manchester to Sedburgh
In theory it was a great day, generally sunny, one big uphill at the beginning and then mainly flat or downhill with absolutely stunning scenery going through Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales. However, Emily had an increasingly bad day: at around 40 miles she started getting excruciating stabbing pains in her sit bones and had to don 2 pairs of padded shorts AND a fleece for extra padding!! Then with around 10 miles to go (after 80 miles) she started getting the same pain in her right leg that Ollie has been suffering for a few days, caused by increasingly tightening quad muscles, and couldn't put enough pressure on the right pedal to get up the hills! The last 10 miles were therefore pretty painful for both of us and took around 90 mins; we arrived in Sedburgh quite late at around 8pm.
Stayed in a pretty horrible motel that was a bit of an old man's pub, and the TV was broken, but by this stage you could stick us in a stable and we'd sleep like babies...
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