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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8817/1...f5a47f3b_c.jpgisle of man 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7738/1...c1b4278a_c.jpgisle of man 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8888/1...e454fd39_c.jpgisle 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. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7748/1...bdc8e520_c.jpgFILE0812 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7735/1...d7417227_c.jpgisle of man 62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8875/1...a22d358b_c.jpgisle of man 64 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
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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.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8881/1...76813957_z.jpgScreen 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. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5462/1...b25c38eb_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-19 at 9.43.53 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8832/1...9a7d4d7242.jpgsnowdonia 22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr We stopped in the visitor’s center for a map and some route suggestions. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8758/1...1033d638df.jpgsnowdonia 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Today we had sun, 5 degrees, rain, 12 degrees, poring rain, and hail almost in a continuous cycle!
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We did have a sunny break for a spot of tea with a view of the Castle in Caernarfon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8878/1...f3a1549037.jpgScreen Shot 2015-05-27 at 5.47.43 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/18...cd6bdab1ff.jpgFILE0103 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. https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/519/17...ee387d4020.jpgEdinbourgh 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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.
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