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Back to Wales
We made it back to Douglas at 1330 and drove right up to the check in booth. There were about 10 other bikes there for the fast ferry (3 hours) to Liverpool. There is no passport control or customs. Again you ride on and the staff secure the bikes. You have to be very careful to watch them. Both our friend Steve from Plymouth and our friends Gino and Fiona from Edinburgh have had bikes damaged when they let loose in rough seas. The crossing was a bit rough for the first hour, but calmed somewhat after the captain slowed the vessels down to 36 km/h and shifted course out of bad weather. The ship unloads right downtown into traffic. This had just started flowing, when it started pouring again. The rain gear is holding up well luckily.
FILE0950 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
isle of man 77 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
isle of man 80 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Today we had sun, 5 degrees, rain, 12 degrees, poring rain, and hail almost in a continuous cycle!
Screen Shot 2015-05-21 at 6.33.31 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Screen Shot 2015-05-21 at 6.32.59 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
snowdonia 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
snowdonia 5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
snowdonia 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
snowdonia 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
snowdonia 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Pontcysyllte
We booked it north around most of the urban sprawl to get to the Lake District of England.
Screen Shot 2015-06-06 at 9.34.03 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
On the way we took a side trip over the Horseshoe pass and back and then stopped at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. This is a navigable waterway that directs the Llangollen Canal 136 ft over the River Dee. It was built in 1805 and is 1007 ft long, 11 ft wide, and 5,25 ft deep.
lake district 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Here we toured the south Lake District on the way to the B&B. This included the ferry across the lake to Windermere.
lake district 13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0858 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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lake district 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The next day we did almost 350 km route in a figure of 8 to try to get in all the high passes.
Screen Shot 2015-05-21 at 6.32.59 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 45 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 65 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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FILE1427 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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lake district 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
lake district 27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
This includes the famous Hardknott Pass, which rises 400 m on a single lane of switchbacks with a 30 % grade and then repeats this on the down side at 25 %.
FILE0017 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
FILE0951 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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lake district 19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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