Blog - UK Day 1 (Mon 18 July)
Kilwinning-Carlisle(
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Day 1 - We left Irvine early (06.55) and got some beautiful sunny morning photos by big Al.
We had barely gone 10 miles and Big G was nearly having a scrap with a jobsworth road worker who refused to let us through causing us to do a 2 mile detour with a very steep climb - we hope he and his wee ginger apprentice got sunburnt.
First coffee stop at Sanquhar.
First mishap of the trip I ran into the back of Gordon at low speed (Tesla will always loose out when running into a truck) in Dumfries but buckled my front disc. Luckily we were only 0.5 mile from a friendly bike shop guy who put a new disc on.
Lunch stop in Dumfries and then pretty flat all the way to Carlisle.
We arrived at Carlisle hostel about 17:15 and didn't take too long before we headed out for a well earned Italian meal and a beer - which Jim R moaned about the price of all night !!
report by Jim Seenan
ACTUAL STATS FOR THE DAY
Distance = 115.73 miles
Height Gain = 4,507ft
Average Moving Speed = 15.2 mph
Ride Time = 7hrs 35min
Pedal Revolutions = 27,942
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
USER COMMENTS
Always a ginger tosser somewhere in the world
Hugh Murray (posted 2022-07-18 20:43:07)
Big thanks to Powerbikes of Dumfries for their cracking assistance
Jim R (posted 2022-07-18 21:58:55)
Well done lads.
Rob Smith (posted 2022-07-18 22:59:51)
Go easy on Jimmy he’s a poor pensioner lol well done great start.
Dave Scrymgeour (posted 2022-08-12 22:36:34)
Almost came a cropper in Dumfries eh! I did that on a regular basis when I lived there. Well done lads - hot hot hot
Del (posted 2022-07-19 16:26:53)
What a great first day…a hot one! Well done!
Morag Fish (posted 2022-07-19 20:48:19)
Glad you made it safely and didn’t melt. Even hotter on Tuesday though - keep drinking and that doesn’t include gin!
Susan Seenan (posted 2022-07-19 21:43:19)
looks like a good first day, chaps. all the best, and look after yourselves. kind regards.
neil colquhoun (posted 2022-07-26 13:25:28)