The first day so far, we're both lying in bed as the 7
o'clock alarm goes...more hysterical laughter, as we re-live yesterday's
ride and discuss our aching bodies, my spine still not fully rebuilt.
The weather check, oh dear minus 1 to start the day! My feet curling up
at the prospect.
The day starts with blue sky if not
a little chilly. Luckily the stiff legs are given a little break as we
get a 3 mile downhill, which for a change, we don't have to pedal down!
we soon clock 10 miles or so and the beginning of Loch Lomand. The roads
busy , sky now grey but still beautiful. We stop at Luss for a "Take
The High Road" break, if your old enough to remember the TV series. As
we leave the Loch a hint of sadness that the roads are now even busier
and the stunning highlands were now behind us. This wasn't helped by the
I Spy Road Kill count today consisting of a Venetian blinds, a Henry
Hoover and a broken claw hammer! oh dear civilisation! The rain was now
quite heavy and as we approached the outskirts of Dumbarton, the smell
of deep fried Mars bars filled the air and at the next set of lights
Colin pulled along side and said "What a grey miserable hole" well ok he
might of use a few less words, one beginning with S and ending in T!
Then over the Erskine Bridge which wasn't too bad really. We then ended
up on a lovely smooth cycle track down an old railway line with just
over 20 miles to go. After 10 miles or so for the first time we got a
little lost but managed to pick up the cycle route 7 to Irvine. Boy, was
that a hilly last few miles to get back on route. At last arrived at my
sisters, to a warm welcome and spoilt with a mobile massage booked,
bliss. Please keep the text and comments coming as they are great
to receive and a real boost to us both. 82.9 miles today ( although this
is the first time I have uploaded my Garmin computer info which appears
to be a bit different from Colin's iPhone data, I only made it
82.miles?) Left knee really sore, ice pack on. Only 100 miles
tomorrow, forecast heavy rain..... in the words of limp bizkit......keep on rollin'
