Holiday Week 1: Wednesday: Manchester-Penrith

Another late start today, spent a good hour sorting out all my shopping from yesterday, and sorting out what I need to buy today. Following the theme of the week so far - that of having duck for at least 1 meal a day - I had fast-food duck and noodles for brunch about 1pm to get me ready to brave the shopping centres again.

All I wanted was toe socks to go in my 5 finger vibrams. After spending an hour hunting down different shops recommended by various people, I ordered them off amazon while sitting in the park. We shall see....

3.30pm sees me hopping in the car to nip up the road to Penrith. Google says 2hrs, TomTom says 1.44hrs (incl. 3min delay).... but then I stop for petrol and take a mini sightseeing trip to see a different farm on the same postcode before arriving at 5.45pm. Not bad.

And it's incredibly gorgeous up here. So far I've only see hills an fields, but it's so quiet, chilled, relaxed - and I haven't even got to Scotland yet!!

The farm in staying at has an outside loo for visitors and campers to use. About head height, just before the actual loo is an 'Air Wick'. This sprays a short burst of flowery smelly stuff straight out into the room. I have seen these in halls and schools before, usually about 7 foot off the floor. This one is 5 foot off the floor, which means I have to run and sit down on the loo or get a face full of spray every time I need a pee.

I've been told that by Sunday I will have been night caving, gorge walking, climbing, and probably abseiling too. 4 new activities in 3 days, what else was I gonna do on holiday?