Friday, 3 July 2009

To Glasgow - a difficult day

Much to Paul's satisfaction, his dribbling friend was right. The climb
was long but quite gentle. However, he failed to warn us that the wind
would be in our faces the whole way - leaving us in bottom gear
anyway. Still, great scenery yet again.

We were caught by a Scot on a bright orange single speed bike who
apparently did this route both ways regularly. Impressive stuff. We
also saw a few LEJOGers going the other way. All went well until the
heavens opened about 3pm - we were halfway along the West Lomond cycle
path, which is a very attractive ride and avoids the heavy traffic.
There were no free coats today though - we donated the freebies to the
walkers B&B we stayed in last night.

The off road plan continued but we ended up getting horribly lost in
Glasgow. Paul had 2 punctures and got very emotional. And then we got
lost again. Govan is lovely. If you are an extra from Mad Max.

We got to a Travelodge about 8.30. The pub next door had no real beer
and was full of 18 yr olds on hen nights. With their grandmothers.

Stats: 103 miles. 13.2 average. 2 punctures. Several monstrous
tantrums. ( Paul ).

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