Ortlieb panniers have arrived (Thanks M&D – early b-day pressie for us both) and they are fab. We’ve gone for just rear ones, so we don’t over pack. Nic has bright red, I’ve got blue. Well, I did fancy red but it just won’t go with my next load of bar tape which is going to be a very girly pink (quite unlike me)! We were going to use our old Karrimor panniers from years gone by, but when we dug them out the garage we found mice had been nesting in mine and eaten away some of the material and then started on Nic’s. Whilst I’m all for ventilation, I don’t really want the contents strewn all over the Pennines! These ortlieb panniers are also 100% waterproof which could be very handy 
and incredibly easy to take on and off.
This time next week….we’ll be heading up to Penrith…. 
