Only 86 miles still to go and already smelling of whisky. It was very warming though but not to be recommended with raspberry Gatorade!
We have found that cycling 90 or so miles per day is playing havoc with our digestion. We suppose that too many recovery shakes and nutrition bars is not good to live on for 12 days. As we are now 7 days in we have decided to try to eat other things but keeping the aim of stopping for a decent coffee and snack every day.
Here is our day 7 peloton in Dumfries for morning coffee and at the afternoon stop at Catrine for ice cream (to be recommended)
This trip is organised by Discover Adventure; they provide the route notes, luggage transportation, accommodation, water stops and lunch. Sadly the choice of stops on the routes can be a little basic, hence we are often going off route to visit things we like/need. For example, some days our stops are in windy laybys off the side of main roads, with no toilet facilities; today we even got a cattle shed at our lunch stop!
We also spotted one of the very many Robert Burns memorials in Mauchline.
http://www.klickthis.com/gallery-architecture-scotland-medium-142.html
but everyone seems to want a piece of the Burns legacy- as there appear to be Burns memorials all over the world (well travelled Scots)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Robert_Burns_memorials
Wearing a helmet for 6-7 hours a day is playing havoc with our hairstyle. We now know the true meaning of Helmet head having suffered it throughout the trip. Or it could be the 4 poached eggs Jo has taken to eating for breakfast...
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