On a day like today I'd weep for those that rush a LEJoG along main roads (though each to their own) with heads down, for the sake of getting to the end and ticking a box. It was one of the best days I'd ever had on a saddle anywhere in the UK.
After a brief canal start in Preston a gloriously gentle undulation of quiet roads and cycle network route 6 towards Lancaster, darting over the M6 several times and views far across green Lancashire.
Then a diversion via Morecambe Bay by flat railpath and sea promenade. This was worth it and I'd recommend it on a nice day to any LEJoGer that isn't set on a 'dual carriageway' style trip, or any cyclist in the area. Now to Carnforth along the twisting Lancaster Canal. Like the Bay this offers great views of the Lake District far across the water, clear day permitting. To see such a thing from a canal was new and unusual.
The final miles towards Kendal passed villages and scenery almost resembling Greendale from Postman Pat, with Kendal appearing over the hill and the Lake District in view right behind it. A cracking day which has left me in high spirits!
Day 9 map, stats and gradients.
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