John O'Groats to Land's End - 1989
August 20th - Mankinholes to Castleton (48 miles)  
As expected, the first 30 miles was quite unpleasant. With dark satanic 
mills all over the place it was an unbroken urban nightmare. The scenery 
was perfectly matched by the weather - the wind was against us and it was 
overcast. To bring this part of the ride to a fitting conclusion, we had a 
horrible lunch at Glossop. Then, as kept happening on this ride, the whole 
thing changed. The sun started to shine and we launched ourselves into the
 countryside in style by riding up the Snake Pass with a tailwind. Down the 
other side it was fantastic country for mile after mile on the way to the 
Ladybower Reservoir. Only in the last few miles, as we turned into the wind,
did we start to feel the strain. We were quite glad to see the hostel even 
though it was packed with walkers.                                                  NEXT