Teesdale

We took the road bikes on a long and hilly ride on Monday. The Pennines certainly forms a bleak and wild landscape, and it must be interesting to live up there. Along with the distinct change in football team affinity up here, there's a peculiar quirk involving tea rooms. As soon as you get to Alston, the speed of the service drops to almost geological time scales. By the time we got as far east as Middleton in Teesdale, the service was so slow that we felt like we should have applied in writing for our cuppa and piece of cake. Interesting. More research needed to see if the trend keeps up...