Day six.... The English Invasion of Scotland!!

Day six.... This is the day that we mount the attack on Scotland!


We had eaten the previous evening at a hotel in which I felt extremely underdressed having entered to find a maitre'd waiting and I was wearing a hoodie, jeans and flip-flops! Here I consumed vast quantities of food and a cheeky pint (or two) of cider before retiring to our room!

We left Penrith after consuming a breakfast cooked my Mohammed Al Fayed's former personal chef - with it defeating me yet again! The day immediately got off to a bad start as I took the wrong turning out of the cul-de-sac and had tp be retrieved by phone! The jaunt towards the border was a leisurely one and we were bathed in glorious sun as we made our way through Carlisle and through Hadrian's Wall.

We entered Scotland via Gretna Green early on in the morning passing the old marriage house and across the border. This has been worrying me as I didn't have my passport or shots! ;)

It was here wereby I spent nearly an hour changing all of my worn out brake blocks and refueling for the arduous Scottish hills! Surprisingly it wasn't the hills that killed me, but the condition of the Scottish roads!!!! The roads did their best to repel our English invasion but this was a battle of which they won only in my mind!

The roads took us through some stunning scenery but the road surfaces were so bumpy at times it felt as though my bike was going to shake itself apart! This surface took it's toll on us all both mentally and physically but it was to be 113miles to our destination of Glasgow to get back on track after the shortfall encountered on day 4!

We finally set camp at the Premier Inn in East Kilbride where the staff were fantastic and were eager to help in any way! It was here that Andy, Ian, Gerald and I all had a carvery of three different meats, and the entire trimmings for £4.99 - value that you can't possibly fault!
Today was arduous but was really rewarding considering what we had overcome! Tommorrow we leave Glasgow and head for the highlands by way of Loch Lommond and passing Ben Nevis (including the ski centre!), but that's a story for another day...
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TK x