Day 7 - Widnes to Lancaster

OK, so it wasn't quite as far as Lancaster but actually to Lancaster services on the M6. This was the intention with a 54 mile ride before another long 80 miles tomorrow to Carlisle. We have a rather big hill to get over half way so we intend on setting off early.

Back to today.

Today we were joined by Peter who tagged along for the first 3 days. His time he acted as a support driver by carrying our bags giving us an easier day for a change. We have missed Peter tagging along. He is a naturally great bloke with a heart of gold. Each day there is usually a comment from one of us like"Peter would have loved this...". So with a big gap in our team each day it was really good to have him support us. Top bloke.

And it was an easier day with a distinct lack of large hills after we had got out of Widnes. Our first stop was the the nearby Tesco Extra. This was the mother of all Tescos. And at  7am it was almost empty of people. So, we took our opportunity, we cycled up the ramp to the front door (their door was upstairs) and with no one looking rode straight into the store... :-) very tempting to ride about the place but thought better of it. A quick grab of breakfast and drinks we then headed off.

Peter caught up with us an hour later after filling his car with goodies. He used the tracking service most people have been following us with to pinpoint our location and track us down. This worked flawlessly all day. At one point he came to find us when we were on one side of a corner and he tracked us to the other side. Meeting in the middle confirmed the technology was very accurate in location and time updates.

On the final leg of our day we stopped in Garstang, a curious town I've never heard of until today. We sat and had tea and cake just before we tackled the last 4 miles of the day.

With job done and saying farewell to Peter our day was finished off with  a visit from my dad who lives locally. We had a meal together before finally calling it a day and heading back to our room. What a fantastic Saturday.