Pat left Grasmere at 9.40 and arrived at Dumfries at 6pm. He used a mixture of cycle paths and main roads today. Some lovely scenery and little traffic on the Sustrans narrow roads but, oh, the hills and the heat! Temperatures reached 80 today and he is rather red faced as a consequence despite frequent applications of sunscreen. One can't wear a hat and a helmet. We met at Gretna Green- how romantic- except it wasn't because he was hot, hungry and tired and I have inherited his cold. A great quantity of bread was consumed on our red rug in the sunshine before he hit the road for Dumfries. He covered 76 miles today of hard riding particularly getting out of the Lake district.
Our B and B in Dumfries is an old Victorian villa in the town; it is spacious and comfortable with a Patrick sized bath! He could stretch his legs in it. I had several jobs to do today such as filling up with petrol and drawing money and seemed to spend a lot of time driving. My route was less direct than Pat's as I went towards Penrith and then on the M6. But I did have another wander round Grasmere before leaving. Although Pat is weary he doesn't feel that he needs to take a day off - he just needs a good night's sleep. Tomorrow we travel to Irvine or Saltcoats/Ardrossan from where we shall get the ferry to Arran on Sunday.
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