{"id":17447,"date":"2014-08-10T07:15:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T06:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17447"},"modified":"2014-08-09T17:26:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T16:26:45","slug":"jogle-day-4-new-lanark-penrith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/jogle-day-4-new-lanark-penrith\/","title":{"rendered":"JOGLE Day 4 – New Lanark to Penrith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily Stats – Day 4<\/h2>\n

Miles Ridden<\/strong>: 95.1 miles
\nMetres Climbed<\/strong>: 3360 feet
\nTime Riding<\/strong>: 5:51:55
\nAverage Speed<\/strong>: 16.2 mph<\/p>\n

Total Miles Ridden<\/strong>: 399.1 miles
\nTotal Ascent<\/strong>: 17,760 feet
\nTotal Time Riding<\/strong>: 25:19:24<\/p>\n

Todays Weather:<\/strong> Rain at first, drier later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After breakfast in the hostel at New Lanark, we made a fairly early start today so as not to be too late into Penrith later in the day. This was because our accommodation for the night was actually a 45 minute drive away from our intended stopping point and we didn’t want to be too late for dinner again.<\/p>\n

From the hostel we headed down to the mill for some photos before heading off on our way in the rain. The first hour or so was along main, but not too busy, roads in the pouring rain. There wasn’t much said, we just pressed on through the gloom in a line of riders at a slow but steady pace.<\/p>\n

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Day 4<\/p><\/div>\n

We then turned onto the B7076 as the rain eased off. This road was amazing. It follows the M74 but is wide, straight and very very quiet. We barely saw any traffic on it and with a tailwind and a long essentially downhill stretch we were making good progress. We stopped for a quick flapjack break and a chance to put on overshoes and other waterproofs, but typically once we had, the sun started to come out. Our next stop for lunch came earlier than expected as we had been flying along the B7076 so the support crew weren’t quite expecting us so soon.<\/p>\n

The road may have been fast, quiet and easy going, but it wasn’t that interesting either. We followed it all the way down through Lockerbie and then through Gretna and across the border into England. Day 4 of JOGLE and we were out of Scotland and into England. <\/p>\n

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