Day 6 - A long hard slog into Scotland!

Awoke for the start of day 6 at 6am, how apt. Unfortunately Nick was map reading this morning, so it meant that we did not actually leave Penrith until half 8 as we went on a 5 mile de tour and arrived back where we started an hour later. Not what you need on an already 116 mile day!

After Nick turned the map the right way around we started heading towards Glasgow! It was only 35 miles into our day that we finally crossed the border into Scotland! It was very exciting and another amazing milestone which we had overcome.

Unfortunately the remainder of the day was not so as enthusiastic. Firstly, it was very very windy, right in our faces. Which means that we were fighting into the wind all day, from the start of the day to the end. It then started raining very very hard, almost as soon as we crossed the Scotish border! Typical! We also had the reappearance of a few injuries, frazer grant and I had problems with our knees just from pure repetition and Diegan had a problem with his shoulders.

The other thing which we had not planned on today was that the roads in Scotland are as bumpy as anything and should be avoided on bikes at all costs. After a day of riding on them half of our group cnt feel their hands and all of us are walking slightly more bow legged! We spent most of the day on this road called the B7085, truly the worst road laid in history. Terrible!  

In the late afternoon the rain cleared up and we even saw this yellow ball of light in the sky for a short while and we made good time and eventually made it to Glasgow. Which is massive! Once we entered the city we thought we would be nearly done, in fact the hotel was still 5 miles away! So after a long journey dodging many taffic lights (“she’s a goer!”) an annoying some more traffic, we finally made it to the hotel, ate, met up with Laura (our new driver) and are now all tucked up in bed ready for another early start tomorrow!

Sorry today was not a very exciting day, we had a lot of miles to cover and did not stop very often due to the rain, maybe tomorrow would be better… only one way to find out! Come back and read tomorrow, internet and signal depending!

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Lynch