The campsite I found last night, by chance, is a real gem. It's in an old Georgian walled garden in the middle of a wooded valley. Perhaps this explains the strange smell in my tent when I took my shoes off last night. I must have been camped over an old compost heap.
With tailwinds, at last, and plenty of sun, today was another fab cycling day, through the often Dales-like scenery of Ayrshire and Dumfries'n'Galloway. It was a day for whizzing along for the sheer pleasure of it. I finished in Annan, where it was an evening for having a pint and curry for the sheer pleasure of it.
Miles today: 81
Miles since Cape Wrath: 522
Update from Shinty.com - our adopted team Kyles Athletic currently lie 4th out of 10 teams in the Scottish Hydro Premier Division (the top league), with 4 wins from 8 games. Bute lie 6th. Fort William are top. Kyles have drawn Newtonmore (currently 2nd) in the quarter final of the Scottish Hydro Camannachd Cup; but they will have home advantage.
ReplyDeleteBute have a chance of revenge in the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup on Sat 29 May when the 2 local rivals meet again, this time in Bute. Come on you Kyles!
81 miles... that is staggerring.. was it all downhill? or did you get help from the Coriolis force?
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