More rain

The 3 man wolfpack again rode through the rain all day today, however we made a huge psychological advancement today as we crossed the border and finally left Scotland behind us. We were hoping to be met with blue skies and high temperatures, but unfortunately it wasn't to be. 

We were riding from Lauder to Hexham and we clocked up 69 miles 60 of which were along the A68. If anything this has given us a solution to famine in LEDC's. If we were to box up every bit of roadkill on the A68 I imagine there'd be a few less hungry people, it even started to make me feel hungry the amount we passed. 

The peleton rode as a tight unit today mainly to try and gain some warmth from one another and there was only one early breakaway from Dave 'Pace-man Loves to be the lead out train' Renshaw which was quickly closed down by Eddy 'speedster my money's on him in a sprint finish' Boasson Hagen and Andy 'The lung - I love to attack a hill' Schleck. The nicknames are a result of a tv program we saw last night on Extreme Weather chasers. This seemed very apt as we seem to be in pursuit or are being followed by just the same wet micro climate across the country. 

We did ride hard and ended up reaching Hexham by 3 with just one quick stop on the A68 for a bite to eat and some warmth. We hit a top speed of 39.6mph, which considering the conditions and the oncoming car was quite spectacular.  We are very kindly being hosted bu Dan and Sarah Gray, Ed and Wally's uni friends. we'll try and not be too harsh when we rate them. 

Tomorrows ride takes us to just outside Ripon where the wolfpack will grow by 1 as Martin joins us to cycle to Northwich. Let's hope the rain as ceased by then, although the forecast looks doubtful.