Today was a very bad day! Leaving Kendal everything was fine. I stopped for lunch in Camforth, then pressed on to Lancaster. Just south of Lancaster I heard an enormous bang! My rear tyre had actually exploded. I flipped the bike over to take a look and there was a huge tear in the tyre wall and a massive hole in the inner tube. As luck would have it I was very near Scorton, where there is an incredible bike shop called Bowland Cycling (part of the Priory Hotel). The owner was very helpful and was able to sort me out with five inner tubes and two new tyres (just to be on the safe side). This was clearly good forward thinking because as soon as I left the shop I got a puncture in my front tyre! Then another 10 miles down the road my rear tyre got another puncture!! And then to cap it all as soon as I'd fixed this puncture the rain arrived.
All in all this turned out to be one of the most depressing days cycling as my journey also took me through Preston and Warrington. Nothing worth photographing here! After refueling at a local Pizza Hut I got to Acton Bridge, and the B&B which turned out to be a converted Barn with great accommodation and the most incredible breakfast, which helped to lift my spirits the next morning.
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