There is something strangely comforting about sitting up in bed watching Last Night of the Proms while the Scottish weather batters your bedroom window. We were glad to be inside, in such comfortable surroundings.
This morning, after a spendid breakfast (extra haggis for Sir!), we set off on the A75 to Dumfries, a road seemingly made for motorcycling - smooth tarmac, lots of bends, and stunning views of the Galloway Firth.
By lunchtime, we had crossed back into England - or Country Number Five as we now call it.
If the A75 was wonderful, the same cannot be said of the M6, where the gusting wind got so bad that in the end, we stayed in the inside lane, tucked behind a camper van reluctant to go faster than 50mph while the wind tried to force us on to the hard shoulder every now and then. To the BMW riders whizzing past in the outside lane with a cheery wave, it must have been highly amusing.
At Westmorland Services, the drama of dropping the bike (no damage to either it or rider this time!) was offset when a chap came up to us and introduced himself as neilmudd from the Yamaha Diversion Club, who had read my earlier posts on the club's website - great to see you neilmudd!
Arriving in Lytham, it was bliss to be able to swap the bike for a hot bath and a beer at Alison's, and an Indian take-away with Nigel and Liz - many thanks to you all. (Thanks also to our most recent sponsors, Carrie Faithfull, and Alex and Katy Pert).
The final leg tomorrow will see us leave Lancashire for the offices of Beating Bowel Cancer in Teddington - milk, no sugar, please!
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| Making friends with some wee cows in Stranraer |
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| Enough riding for one day - arriving in Lytham |
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