Sunday 16 June 2013
Italy vs. Mexico
Well this is important..football on tv in the hotel bar. Italy 1 Mexico 1 at half time..oh the joys of cycle touring...bikes and football...what more could a man want? Oh yes....some rest Lol!
Carlisle to Dalry
This morning started early as I had to try to get the hostel for tonight and tomorrrow booked still. The office was locked so at 7 am I found myself sitting on the floor in the drizzle outside the office trying to hook into the office WiFi. I managed to get the website of the kencoon hostel and called the number. I several voicemails and an e mail. I had a gut feeling this hostel was going to be tough to find. After an hour in the cold I went up for tea and prayed to the gods of cycling for the strength to venture forth onto the open road instead of wimping out and falling asleep again. Getting out of Carlisle was easier than getting in. Knowing where north was helped, I was a boy scout once scout you know! We had looked at changing the route and heading around Glasgow and up and over the national park around lock lomand, or up to edingburgh . But we don't have tents and the lock lomand route looked seriously hilly...erm..I mean lumpy ! The hill out of town was long and steady and one of the few today. The bulk of the ride was mercifully free of steep climbs and although the headwind was a pig at times at least the rain held off today and the sun made an appearance. Getting towards the end of the ride I was still suspicious of this hostel. This proved correct as a hotel owner told us it had been closed down. Great, maybe they should remove the website then?? So it was off to dalry where there are two hotels. One was full of ralley car drivers and this one, the lochinvar, had a twin room free. So today has been good, I came as close as I ever want to to falling asleep on a bike, and avoided getting married to a Japanese tourist by a bloke in a skirt blowing into a pigs bladder. I also rode a bike to Scotland, a place I have never been to until today. |
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