Friday the 13th!

And now at the end of today, day 6 is complete, I have now spent my last full day in Scotland and like a set of good quality book ends the weather has matched perfectly. In other words it has rained rained and rained some more from about 2pm this afternoon. Needless to say, I got a little damp! The day started in sunshine and after a hearty breakfast I began with a short sharp hill as a wake up call, have to say it didnt work. My mind was not with my legs and in gear for forward motion until around the 3 hour or 25 mile mark. Suprisingly my average speed was hovering around 8.5mph even so. However I fought my way through this patch by literally just accepting it and riding it out. During this period I had been steadily climbing on a number of long winding roads and despite the scenery being pleasant and reminiscent of the Yorkshire Dales it had nothing to grab your attention like the highlands and then the rains came and all I saw were raindrops and wet roads. Initially I had a long period of downhill through a myriad of tree tunnels which Oliver would have loved. Then the rest of what became a long day was basically flat. I arrived at my destination in Annan at about 7.30 having done over 77 miles in the day. One thing I forgot to mention in the highlands were the large number of signs with the following message: road liable to icing. Is it my general state of mind or does anyone else get a picture of workmen rolling marzipan with a big tate and lyle lorry full of icing sat patiently waiting to be spread perhaps with a couple of specialists adding a range of sugar flowers to the verge as a finishing touch amongst the little silver balls. Anyway enough, stats for the day : miles 77.32 time 8.18.53 av speed 9.3 mph max speed 30.5mph total miles 410.1 total time 44:27:48