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Leeds to Liverpool

It was mid July 2020.  Early morning around 7 am both of us sleepy but anxious and excited were packing our last things in our rucksacks. They kept getting heavier and heavier.  We had never taken on such a long distance trip so we had no idea what we really need.  As much as we read other descriptions and suggestions the more things we were thinking to take along.  But the rucksacks had only that much space.  We both ended up having rucksacks that weighed around as much as healthy Labrador or around 20-30kg if not more.  Change of clothes and shoes, tools, batteries, parts, snacks, and stupid amount of water.. as if we are heading in to desert.  First 30 miles.  This was fairly easy. We soon realized that one of the bags is heavier than the other. So we kept swapping them every hour or so to relive the other rider.  Skipton is the 30 mile marker. And we had another 40 to do on that day.  The weather was good. Was...