LEJOG day 12, Friday 30 May, (Peter)
Martin had received an encouraging text from his friend Melanie Drake after we had humbled Shap. Melanie is an experienced cyclist and End to Ender, and has been a source of invaluable advice to the team. And her message was that “it’s all downhill from here”! While this might be true psychologically, it did not quite seem so on the ground today......
We covered 60 miles, mostly uphill and into an unforgiving wind, cycling on a B road parallel with the A74, which runs between Carlisle and Glasgow. The team now splits into two. It’s not easy to stick together when cycling as a foursome. As two pairs, we take it in turns every few miles to be in the lead, the other rider tucking in behind, to take advantage of the slipstream. This worked pretty well today. But we were very happy indeed to see the sign for Abington, our day’s destination.
Tomorrow we head for Stirling, the ancient capital of Scotland, and the resting place of her kings.
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We may not be Commenting every day, but we are certainly following your progress with great interest and increasing admiration. Keep up the good work! Only one more week of it, and then you never need get on a bike again. Oh, and we want a photograph of the foursome in kilts please (lycra of course).
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