The night had been a rather sleepless event. Lots of wee thoughts about whether everything was packed.
Had I forgotten something small or seemingly insignificant which I would later regret? It didn't really matter...short of unpacking and re-packing everything just to confirm which deep down I already knew - I had everything packed - morning arrived.
We had a 4hr 30min drive to Lancaster and intended to leave at 10:00. As is always the case, 10:45 came and we departed (after I changed my nice top because I did what I always do - put my bike on the bike wrack and get oil on my top!)
The journey was pretty uneventful to be honest. Apart from some minor traffic queues here and there (and the lovely truckers that think it's ok to hog the second lane of a dual carriageway because they're doing 1 mph more than the vehicle in front) we were making fair time.
We stopped at Corley Services on the M6 and had some lunch.
I got to the Premier Inn at about 15:30, booked in and said my goodbyes to Sharon (my wife) and Cathryn (my youngest daughter) and watched forlornly as they left.
I went up to my room rather excited now. In around 16 hours we'd be on our way across England.
After a wee while, I was pretty bored. There's only so much exploring you can do in a hotel room. I had drank the two complimentary drinks presented in the room and watched some rubbish TV. So I kicked back and read my book - waiting the arrival of Davey who was due in around 19:30hrs.
Looking out the window I could see it was pouring down. I knew Davey was getting the train down and felt a bit guilty I had got a lift to the door. But my mind turned to other things - hunger. It was now 19:00 hours and I was slightly peckish...but I thought it only fair to wait for Davey.
When he arrived, he was drenched. We were only 2 miles outside of Lancaster centre but it had rained considerably (and still was when he got off the train) so he had a shower and we headed down to the restaurant.
A quick look around saw curry was available! Well - as Davey said "It'd be rude not to"! So we partook in a curry...though Davey made the fatal mistake of chucking some Vindaloo on his plate.
It was at this point I realised I had left my credit card at the services! I hadn't really planned on using it much anyway - but still - it had to be cancelled. I contacted Sharon and she done the bizzo.
We discussed the route for the following day - and realised we had a 5 mile cycle to the start of the journey - a 5 mile ride which we would have to repeat on the way back - past the very same hotel we were staying at (when you are cycling a large way - wasted miles are not welcome!)
After tea and a couple of beers and some discussion about the route for the following day, we headed to the rooms and got our heads down.
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