Thursday, June 16, 2011

IOM to Pooley Bridge

The sad day arrived and it was time to head back to England. The ferry was 100% full, 99% motorcycles.

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Coming into Liverpool the ferry passes a small power station. To think that we kick up such a stink if a wind farm was to be put near us. The noise from the wingers is louder than the windmills.

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From Liverpool we headed North to the Lakes District.  We called into a small village where Mr and Mrs Potter’s little girl Beatrix wrote stories about rabbits and things.

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“Hill Top”

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More wide roads.

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Dut dut darrrr, THE STRUGGLE. MOTORCYCLE HEAVEN. The road, 2 way, starts from Ambleside as a main(ish) road. Olga was in 2nd gear for most of the way.

Going up.

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Where the road disappears in the photo, it drops down to Ambleside, STEEP AND NARROW.

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Up.

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What goes up must come down.

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We made it to Pooley Bridge, a small village at the North end of the district and had a day on the lake ferries. Not as hard as wrestling Olga.

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Further North tomorrow. Heading towards some feral weather.

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