A different sort of day today. It took the boys 4 hours to do the first 13 miles – not because they were worn out but because William got 3 punctures. Eventually, in despair, he stuck a big strip of elastoplast on the inside of the outer tyre. This, amazingly, worked and they covered the remaining miles without any more mishaps.
The A76 down to Dumfries was busy and they had some heavy showers (didn’t we all?) but they kept going to Annan which is 16 miles north of Carlisle.
William reckons they have cycled 380 miles so far.
Tom’s Dad, Mike, had to get back to Shropshire for work, so Andy drove up to take his turn as “the support team”! He and Mike met at Tebay, swapped vehicles and Andy continued northwards to meet the cyclists at the Annan campsite.
This all went well in spite of the rain, so tomorrow they will be saying goodbye to Scotland.
William said he and Tom haven’t a clue what day it is but they are feeling fine.
