Pictures

We've not given you pictures for a while, so here we are.

While we crossed the Old Severn Bridge we had some superb views. The bridge is very strange, in that it constantly vibrates with the traffic noise.

Through the Lake District we crossed over the Kirkstone Pass.

And today we arrived in Scotland.

1st breakdown and 1st puncture

We had a minor breakdown this morning. Paul's left pedal crank fell off while riding. Thankfully we found all the bits on the road, stuck them back together, and we were off again.

We also had the first puncture of the trip. Not bad for 4 bikes riding 600 miles. Tom got a puncture coming out of Dumfries, which was the only town where we had any rain showers.

Actually we had a couple of hail-stone thundershowers and a couple of rain showers in Dumfries. The rest of the day was a mixture of sunny intervals in the early part of the day, followed by unbroken sunshine for the rest of the day.

We had a gentle cross through Dumfriesshire followed by a beautiful crossing of the Galloway Forest Moor. The decent towards Ayr was superb, with fantastic views across to Arran and even Kintyre beyond.

This morning we had to say a sad farewell to Claire and Bee. Mike took them to Carlisle station where they arrived with 5 minutes to spare before the train. Quick note to the girls: the car does have a CD/DVD player, which Mike found today. We had his Iron Maiden blasting away during our afternoon stop.