Day 5: Billed as Ullswater to Manchester (but was actually to Dunham Massey, right near Justin's home town/village of Lymm) started with a stupendous climb up Kirstone Pass. Its the really steep, high looking thing on the left of the route profile. We both made it up, which not everyone did, but we were actually both disappointed as in training had done this climb much quicker and before. However, after 4 days in the saddle already and nursing knee, ankle and hip/gluteal injuries, we were still pretty pleased with our effort.After a fabulous descent, we cycled through Bowness on Windermere and were met by Roger and Viv cheering us on from the back of the hotel. I don't think people were too pleased by Roger's promise of 'its all downhill to Manchester' when they turned the corner only to be met by.......a very steep hill. Very familiar roads then took us to Crossthwaite where Carol and Andrew were also waiting to cheer us on. Fellow cyclists must have thought we were local celebrities. That, or there were lots of locals thinking they had a glimpse of Alan Carr in lycra!!
A reasonably uneventful trip to Dunham Massey then awaited. Cycling through familiar territory was actually quite a boost and we managed to join up with some pretty fast packs that made the day seem all rather pleasant thank you very much. Knee and hip pains were still niggling, but no longer seemed likely to make us have to pull out. Although Adam did develop a funny numb patch on his left hip which is still there!!
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