john o'groats to lands end

We left the travel lodge t 6.45 am, the morning was dull but dry. As we left Kilmarnoch the road continued to climb up into the hills where it quickly became very misty, not very nice when you hear the hiss of the air brakes on an articulated lorry and realise the driver hasn't seen you until the last minute. We turned off the road at Drumclog and took the road to Moir turk which was one of the bumpiest I've ever been on. the scenery around there made up for it though. The prettiest part of the journey so far.About 3 hours later though, we were still climbing and our spirits were starting t drop, plus the endless hours on the bike was beginning to take its toll on my backside, eventually we picked up the A7076 which runs alongside the M74 and we were rewarded with a 14 mile downhill section. At one point a large hawk flew out of the trees and flew along side us at head hight for about 100 meters eyeing us curiously before swooping over a hedgerow. We arrived at Moffat at 4.00pm for our first early finish.

386 miles completed