day 5 update

last nite stayed at a hotel called Rissons in Strathaven , south east of Glasgow. Started the day at 9 am and got a mile down the road and joe had to turn around and go back to the hotel to use their track pump because he had a tire buldge, because of the puncture he got yesterday in Glasgow.
The weather was very good today we had a tail wind all day it stayed dry, only had one rain shower for 10 minites. Went into a truck stop on the old A74, where there was the tail-end of a bikers convention. A couple of the older bikers showed some interest in what we where doing - one of the grumpy was heard to mutter"You must be off your ******* heads"!!!! We both enjoyed the downhill descent which went on for miles - what a change to be able to free-wheel. The old A74 runs parrallel with the motorway, and is all but deserted of vehicles. At 3pm, having completed 55 miles, we were both starving and were lucky to find a 2nd truck stop. The food was great, we ate loads and even managed to buy a huge slice of homemade Ginger cake for later on in the afternoon.
Towards the latter part of the afternoon both of us where feeling pretty well done-in. With a further 10 miles to Carlisle it was a case of digging deep into the reserves. We finally arrived into Carlisle, found the B&B, and what a bonus I found - my room has a bath - first one since leaving Cornwall last Monday (I have had a shower since then!!!) Photos to follow....