We started cycling at 1.15 pm an hour after I had wanted to start and we only got 3 miles down the road before and extreme hunger set in for me and we had to stop at Ruth’s hut for lunch. I was starting to get dizzy from low blood sugar but we had friends to stop and eat with, so all was well. The day was beautiful and crisp. And we cycled on to Ambleside and headed towards the Wrynose Pass. My earlier nervousness was receding all morning when we had been packing I was so nervous. ‘What if I don’t like it?’ I was thinking. We had been planning a trip for years but never come up with any firm ideas until Christmas 2004 when we decided the best way to travel is by
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