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Today started with Joe declaring himself out, based on yesterday the knee just wasn't going to hold up for another 6 days. Gutting.
After a true farmhouse full English all around, Joe did however put in an impressive shift (considering the state of his knee) to make the Scottish boarder by mid morning, completing the huge achievement of cycling the entire length of England in 6 and a bit days!
The Scottish boarder marked a Big milestone, that was it England done, the last stretch!
The rest of the morning was all A road, pretty grim! And through the afternoon the roads got better but the weather got worst, it bounced it down for the last 3 hours! Also grim.
Today I decided to nicknamed Titley Mr Motivator, the reason being is everytime we hit a small mile stone, first 10 miles, half way, lunch etc, he is quick to slap Warb and I around the face with a proverbial wet fish, with "well this afternoon is all up hill" or "yep, but we still have 50 miles to do" At least he keeps are feet on the ground.
Around 7ish we arrived at our guesthouse for the night in Mauchline, after a wet afternoon this place was like heaven, homely, super nice owners, tea and cakes on arrival! Brilliant!
I am not sure what the sterotypical Scotish mans man owner made of me though, just after our showers he popped up to take or breakfast order for tomorrow, I answered the door to him, the look on his face was one of bewilderment and I qoute (broad Scottish accent) "In all my years in this guest house I have never had a conversation with a man in a towl with plasters over his nipples!" what can I say, those cycling tops chaff!
I nipped out to pick up a Chinese take away and a few beers for dinner which we consumed while unashamedly watching a bit of embarrassing bodies. During which Warb explained that he is not a big fan of the programme as last tine he watched a 40 year old man went on with a issue that meant every he went for a number 2 he ended up with s*** everywhere, after various tests it turned out he hadn't been wiping his bum. Doctor Christian sent him away with a family pack of Andrex (the ones with the puppy on).
So that was it, day 7 done, another 90 miles, 5 days to go!
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