in Preston now after climbing a mountain!

hello we're in a friendly Preston B&B after completing the section of the route through the Lake district. Yesterday had another slow start as we climbed the hills of the rural roads heading south from Carlisle. We saw some amazing views of the north hills of the lake district. At one point we took a wrong turn and had to walk our bikes 100m or so down a field track and through a little stream! a bit later we reached an a road which we knew had a massive climb 10or so miles away. the difficult thing was we climbed to 1000feet only to come back down to 500feet at the base of the climb. After some great views of low flying military aircraft we started to climb kirkstone pass, begining with a 20% incline. after a long sweaty push and a few breaks to catch our breath we made it to 1500feet for some breathtaking views. a short break later we had the best descent of the trip so far into Windermere where stopped for lunch. In the afternoon we sped to lancaster with our first tailwind of the ride. tensions got a bit frayed in the afternoon over choice of route however after a few hills the road improved and we got on better. after sailing through lancaster we pushed on to preston. unfortunately on the way thomas lost his gloves. we made it into preston just after 9pm. day 6 was 96.7 miles in 8hours 25mins. average speed 11.4mph, total climb 8100 feet