7th of July. Early morning. 24h before the ride. Me and my mate finally have got the days off. Bikes are fixed. Some equipment is added and some is taken away due to Leeds - Liverpool experiences. Overall we feel confident that we are ready to tackle the new challenge. Both of us are excited and at the same time clueless of what we both have done by signing up for the famous C2C bike route. It's a 140 mile long journey from Whitehaven to Sunderland. All the way across UK, trough and over Pennines with highest peak at Hartside which is 1903 ft. We took the train from Leeds to Whitehaven and stayed at the nicest hotel I have been in my life. Lismore Guest House ( I haven't been paid to say that) It was pretty good day and we arrived around dinner time so we wondered around. Walked up and down the place. Lots of history around it. And we met an old man that was happy to talk Whitehaven for days. So we listened for a bit. We had few uncomfortable pints in...