Overkill

Dai's Slow lejog

---

April 5th 2009
Day 24 Grasmere to Carlisle 42 miles (746) A rather grey and misty start to the day busy up Dunmail rise above Grasmere but by the time I reached the top the sun was starting to appear and it opened up into a fine day. A short descent before the cycle route followed the engineers' route around the west of Thirlmere - very pleasant and easy as the five or six miles had been engineere ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake District

---

Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more