Into Scotland! A long and very difficult day. It is
very hilly between Sedburgh and Carlisle – much more so than expected (I
remember planning to avoid the Lake District and assuming it would be fairly
flat around here…wrong again!). My legs have not got as much in them as they
did a few days ago and as we wound our way around the M6 (?) on little roads
that looked so innocent on the map I began to feel fairly depressed again,
especially as we have now left the families behind again.
It flattened out after Carlisle and the rain settled
in – I spend a lot of time behind Dave (in fact the sight of his bottom going
up and down is going to be one of my enduring memories of this trip, which is
nice) and today on the A… I tried to stay in his slipstream but in order to do
so had to accept a constant spray of muddy water in my face.
Gretna Green was a bit of a disappointment, although
it was good to get the obligatory photos and it’s great to be in Scotland
finally. The road surfaces get noticeably more crappy when you’ve crossed into
Scotland and they were pretty hard on the bum for the last part of the day.
However, we’ve got a lovely posh B&B in Dumfries and we’ve just enjoyed some
very acceptable Scottish fish and chips (much like English ones actually). Now,
bed.
600 down, 400 to
go…and I hear the weather might not be TOO bad tomorrow, we’re getting there!
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