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The Sound

We finished the day with a visit to the southernmost point “the sound” where we saw the sea lions and “the calf” of the island.

FILE0725 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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There are speed limits here in the towns and villages, but once you see this sign it is game on! There are an incredible number of small roads here crisscrossing the mountains. You could spend a week here easily and still not see all there is to see.

isle of man 42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

isle of man 67 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Niarbyl

We stopped in to Niarbyl by going down the “road to the end of the stones”. In summer you can find basking sharks here.

isle of man 37 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

isle of man 39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

isle of man 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Peel & Aire

Next we rode up on the coast roads to Peel to see the castle. This guy actually caught 2 fish at the same time!

isle of man 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

isle of man 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

isle of man 48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


We then rode further up the east coast to the northern most point on the island at Aire. You can actually see Scotland from here.

FILE0812 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



isle of man 62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Isle of Man

The final SPOT tracker route for Isle of man!



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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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Snowdonia

We had a short 60 miles to go to Llandudno. The sun is shining, but as we have found in Wales if you wait 5 minutes the weather will change to pouring rain.

Screen Shot 2015-05-19 at 9.41.28 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr




We headed south 20 miles to the village of Betws-y- Coed, which is the gateway to the Snowdonia National Park.

Screen Shot 2015-05-19 at 9.43.53 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

snowdonia 22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



We stopped in the visitor’s center for a map and some route suggestions.



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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

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snowdonia 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

snowdonia 5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We did have a sunny break for a spot of tea with a view of the Castle in Caernarfon.


snowdonia 6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

snowdonia 16 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

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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

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We then had some time for some tramping and a brew at the village pub.

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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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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

FILE0970 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Edinburgh

We were very lucky to get a sunny day for our touring, because we woke to rain again. This did put a bit of a damper on the 152 mile ride north and west to Edinburgh.

Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5.47.43 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


FILE0103 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We did stop for a short walk to see Hadrian’s Wall. It was started by the Romans in 110 Ad and was a 117 km long defensive fortification.

Edinbourgh 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Continuing north we made for the “border” of Scotland. We were pleasantly surprised that there was some actual signage and some monuments. We had run into a lot of guys going to a scooter rally.


Edinbourgh 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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