<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Today's
route is mostly on quiet roads, the climbs coming as you more closely
follow the River Eden. Leaving Kirkby Stephens I chose to avoid the
climb to Soulby instead I worked my way round using the lanes. When I
arrived in Appleby it was the time of the annual Horse Fair and
several of the roads had been closed off to motor traffic. Not a big
problem for a cyclist but it needed care to negotiate my way through
the crowds and horses.</span>
(cloned from route 627707)