National Borders Crossed: 1
Extra miles cycled due to diversions: 10
Today felt psychologically a lot better than yesterday. Yesterday we went past half way, we went through the 500 mile barrier (see Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be") and everything should have looked rosy. But it was a very long day and didn't feel that great.
Today felt great. Scotland, the Homeland, was in our sights.....apart from the diversions. Diversions on cyclepaths meant Gretna was twice as far from Carlisle as it should have been.
But Scotland brought great news - I was in familiar territory, I knew what to expect, I knew the way, and that felt good. The climb of the afternoon was a steep one.
Gretna is at sea level, and the evening stop is Wanlockhead - the highest village in Scotland. Hence the afternoon stint along the old A74 - now a wonderful, if a little dull, cycle path - and a very windy mountain pass took in several thousand feet of climb for us to end up in Wanlockhead situated at 466m
And as we pulled into the hostel, the villge was enveloped in cloud, and the rain came. Fingers crossed it clears up by the morning!
Don't forget to listen out 11-12 on Original 106 for the next live update.
Till next time,
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