Woohoo! Hit the magic 100! We had an early start leaving from Moffat to get the first 30 miles under our belts so we could watch a leg of the Tour of Britain. We stopped off in the wee village of Douglas and got hassled by 2 scottish kids who wouldn’t stop asking us questions in broad Scottish accents , so we had no idea what they were talking about half the time :
‘How fast can you go?’
‘Are you in the tour?’
‘How fast can you go?’
‘Who’s your team?’
‘How fast can you go?’
After convincing them we were in the tour, and so far ahead we were taking a break Ian explained to them what we were actually doing and they lost interest and walked off while Ian was in mid sentence to chase a man in a hat.
They later asked where we were staying and I explained we were sleeping in a motorhome to which they said ‘What? Together? Are yous twos gay?!’. When we turned the question back around on them they rapidly said with disgust and embarrassment ‘No, No way’ which was hilarious, maybe you had to be there.
The tour raced through but it’s not the greatest spectator sport. There was a massive police presence, probably to keep those kids out of trouble...
The tour raced through but it’s not the greatest spectator sport. There was a massive police presence, probably to keep those kids out of trouble...
...and the cyclists wooshed by with about 3 minutes difference between the leading group of 8 and the rest of the ‘peleton’.
As much as I love Scotland they need a lesson in road maintenance as the road to Glasgow was terrible which wasn’t good for my already tender behind. Cycled through Glasgow and got very wet. Cycling through cities isn’t much fun. As Ian was behind my back wheel (without a mudguard) his face got very muddy which provided a few laughs.
Various people, including Ian, have gone on and on to me about getting a debit card; ‘What you mean you haven’t got a debit card? How do you pay for stuff? How old are you?’ so before the trip I spent hours in the bank making sure I got one only to find that NO shops, including several today, take it unless you give them over £10! I only want some lucozade.
Cycled past Loch Lomond but it was so grey and wet and misty that couldn’t really appreciate it. Val, Martin and Sadie drove past us and gave us a penguin bar at about 90 miles down..
Various people, including Ian, have gone on and on to me about getting a debit card; ‘What you mean you haven’t got a debit card? How do you pay for stuff? How old are you?’ so before the trip I spent hours in the bank making sure I got one only to find that NO shops, including several today, take it unless you give them over £10! I only want some lucozade.
Cycled past Loch Lomond but it was so grey and wet and misty that couldn’t really appreciate it. Val, Martin and Sadie drove past us and gave us a penguin bar at about 90 miles down..
..they really have been brilliant, waiting on us 24/7, cooking, washing, driving. Can’t thank them enough. It was very tempting to get out of the cold and into the van but we churned out the last 15 miles.
At one point it looked as if we were going downhill and I looked at my speedo to see I was only doing 13mph! It felt like a hippo had jumped on the back wheel. Maybe a sign that my legs are started to get a bit fatigued.
The camp site was right bang on Loch Long though so we had some cool views as we tucked into a whole rugby team’s size portion of chilli and apple pie.
The camp site was right bang on Loch Long though so we had some cool views as we tucked into a whole rugby team’s size portion of chilli and apple pie.
Nick
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We couldn't stop laughing at this post! What a couple of cheeky kids.
Keep on pedaling (and blogging!).
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