That was an heroic day. By far the toughest so far. We had been expecting Glasgow to be the hardest day because of the challenge of route finding, but that was the least of our problems as it turned out. We finished last night on a fast road with only rough verges. I didn't feel my foot would take 5 or 6 more miles of that, so we managed to find an alternative route that was a tad longer but much quieter and easier to run. Sadly there was no running today. The foot just wouldn't take it so we were reduced to walking for the day, which was slightly more comfortable. The miles drift by so slowly when you walk, but drift they did. Finding the Clyde Tunnel entrance for walkers was a laugh. There were works on the approach road and we saw that the gates were locked with huge padlocks, so we wandered around asking directions to the appropriate entrance and finally ended up back were we started. As we hadn't actually tried the gates we thought we ought to. They were locked but there was a button to push - so we did. A few moments later the gate automatically swung wide and once in the next one, afew yards ahead, did the same. We then walked down through the most awful smelling, damp, graffitied tunnel you could ever be so unlucky to find. Suffice to say we were most relieved to finally see daylight and press the button for release into the sunshine. What an experience. Certainly not a tunnel I would like to run a marathon in. (Now who would be stupid enough to have actually done that?)
Whilst waiting for us in a large Park on the South side of the Clyde, Greg enjoyed an afternoon of culture, looking at paintings in the Burrell Collection. He's quite educated - for an Australian.
We stopped a couple of times for food - including a great stir fry cooked by Greg in a Kentucky Fried Chicken car park. Yes he did have to buy a meal - so we had a starter!
We completed our final 5 miles just before the sun set. At about 9.25pm.
We walked 30.55 miles to reach the 300 mile target. We are now over a third of the way and two and a half days from the boarder. Still not sure how the foot will perform tomorrow so may have to change the strategy for the day to ensure an earlier finish.
One bonus to walking is that we got stopped by people who gave us money. Hmmm have to think about that one... Good night one and all - it's been a very long day zzzzzzzzzzzzz.