08/09/2012

Day 8
Rest Day

09/09/2012

Day 9

Again a beautiful start of the day, and because I didn't make it to Middlesbrough on day 7, I started the day from Runswick where we spent our day off. It was meant to be an 89 mile day that again turned into a 119 mile day.

It was a wonderfully glorious day, warm, dry and just very stunning. Northumberland is indeed an area of outstanding natural beauty. And hilly! 

When I started at 6:00am, it was chilly but as the day got older so it became warmer, the only person that didn't change was me. I'd forgotten to take a cooler jersey with me and by afternoon felt like a boiler in a bag.

                                                                                              These are a few shots of me working hard to get to Alnwick.

I found today very taxing, maybe it was the lovely rest day, or the feeling that I didn't want to leave this place, however, pressing on is the name of the game and so we did.

I reached the destination of Alnwick at 18:32pm, a full 12 1/2 hours later...? So the total to this point on day 9 stands at 873 miles and still on target.

The big question now is, how long will the weather hold out?