We spoke too soon

Today was going to be our first full day in Scotland and yet again the weather was fantastic. When in Rome.....or to be precise Moffat, you have to have a local delicacy, so after 20 miles or so I had a short break and a Scotch Pie. It was fantastic.
Shortly after leaving Moffat, I was riding with Stuart ( the tall one) and Welsh Mike, when we noticed that Mikes wheel was looking very buckled. We pulled over to investigate and it was in a very bad way, with 5 spokes not even attached to the wheel. Whilst waiting for help to arrive, a very very kind lady bought us out a cup of tea along with penguin biscuites and kit kats. (you can see the tray on the right of the photo. Fortunately Stuart and I were able to get the wheel fixed to a reasonable level and when the support van arrived a bit of further tweaking from Kevin, and we were able to get going again.

We then had a seven mile climb up the A701 towards Edinburgh. Here I am pictured at the top. The fantastic reward for this, was a 14 mile downhill stretch!

As we got nearer to Glasgow I was astounded at the number of wind turbines. Quite a majestic sight, but possibly a little annoying if you live next door to them.
We got a little bit lost near Dumbarton and ended up riding on the M74, for a short while. Not only illegal but very dangerous, so we had to climb over the fence.


Finally we reached our destination of Strathclyde country park. Despite being very close to the centre of Glasgow it was very pleasant. Although we didn't leave the bikes unattended!