After a good night in the hotel (makes SUCH a difference to get good service-thanks Rachel) today started wet......got more damp and THEN the heavens opened!
We gratefully crossed the border, leaving the Southern colonies. We stopped at Gretna Costa (other coffee shops are available). Frosty remarked how much he loved Scotland when he was "bloody soaking and I haven't even left the car park!".
Frosty's hitherto undiscovered passion for botany was unearthered when he was amazed at the propensity for the trees to grow parallel to the ground!
Horizontal rain and howling gales ALL DAY. We mean ALLLLL DAAAAYYYYY!
Abington felt like the end of the rainbow. Always just out of reach. Lunch at Lockerbie where we met Ian Smith, an escapee from the Rat Race, who kindly donated.
We met another couple of LEJOGgers. Although they were doing it fully supported (i.e. back-up vehicle and no panniers!). So, not REAL adventurers then!
Looking forward to some home comforts tomorrow, although the staff at Abington hotel were very welcoming.
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