Day Five – Wednesday

It rained again overnight, but by breakfast time it had all cleared up to give another sunny start to the day.

After breakfast we headed out north on the A591 through Keswick, where we joined the A66 to Braithwaite.

Photo - C.C.Pittock

There we joined the B5292 to Cockermouth & then south on the A5086 to Egrermont. It’s a strange, slightly rundown village with few visible people. Those that we did see behaved as if they had never seen a motorbike in their lives. There was a young women with un-kempt hair, wearing a pink tracksuit just standing on a petrol station forecourt, while talking on a mobile phone. When I glanced in her direction, she gave me a look as if to say “Why are you looking at me?”. My reply would have been “because you’re a Chav dear!”.

From Egrermont we took the A595 north to Whitehaven. This is a small fishing town, which seems to be blessed with more than its fair share of nubile women. After a search we managed to find two dedicated motorcycle bays, but one had a lorry parked in it. The second had plenty of free space, so we parked there.

The council had very thoughtfully provided the bay with a secure locking bar. It’s the first time I’ve seen something this useful in any bike parking bay. Many other councils could learn from this, they should be compulsory everywhere.

For lunch we had yet more Cumberland sausages and bacon, this time served up in the form of French bread sandwich. To this we added a very good cup of tea and made our way to the harbour to sit, eat and drink in the sunshine.

Photos - C.C.Pittock

After lunch we took even more photographs. This time in and around the harbour.

Photos - P.Moulding

Next we headed north on the A595 & A596 towards Workington, stopping near the port to take photos of a wind farm.

Photos - P.Moulding

Back on the A595, we headed further north to Maryport. Another small fishing village, where yet again we snapped merrily away around the harbour. There we came across a large old fishing boat undergoing extensive repairs.

Photos - C.C.Pittock

Photo - P.Moulding

More photos in the bag and it was back to Keswick via the A594, A66 & A591.

After we had extracted ourselves from our sweaty biking gear, we wandered up the lane by the site in search of some sunset photos.

Photos - C.C.Pittock

Photos - P.Moulding

Due to the amount of food we had consumed over the last few days, we decided on beans on toast, with a twist for dinner. The twist was a chopped onion and the second half of Mondays Habanero chilli mixed with the beans to give it that extra zing. At last I managed to cook something 8-)

Mileage Stats

Today = 60 miles
Total so far = 537 miles