Lunch break @Greystoke

Its been a lovely morning, a little cool at times but at least its dry.

A tough morning on the bike covering 45 miles so far.

Numerous climbs, some quite lengthy.  It was quite a struggle through the Whinlatter Pass as the route takes you through the Forestry Commission land and the surface was very difficult, big lumps of loose stone making balance tricky.

Just stopped for some lunch and sitting next to me is Sir Chris Bonnington Mountaineer, Writer and all round adventurer.  I reminded him that I had interviewed him in 1983 about his then book release "Kongur". Lovely chap.

Some pics from today to follow