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Great ride today - Scotland.
For the time of year the weather today was fantastic, sunny all day, no wind and just warm enough, so off to Bonny Scotland for the day !!
For those of you up in that neck of the woods -
1. Set off Hartlepool 10 am.
2. Just for quickness A19, A1, A69 to Heddon.
3. Then onto the A6318 (cracking road) up to Langholm.
4. A7 - Langholm to Hawick - speeds of 100mph +.
5. Just before Hawick turn left onto B711 towards St Mary's Loch.
6. Instead of going to the cafe at the loch, right turn past Megget Reservoir (another great road)
7. Onto the A701 southbound, then up onto the B719, then north on the B7076.
The B7076 is another great road fast and flowing 100mph +.
8. Just past Abington turn onto the B7078, then onto the B740 to Crawick.
9. Right onto the A76 to New Crumnock, then south on the B741 to Dalmellington.
10. South onto the A713 and starting to worry about running out of fuel !!
11. Left on to the A712, then A75 to Dumfries - 235 miles on the trip for fuel, found a
petrol station in Dumfries.
12.Getting tired now so the quick way back A69, then down through Durham, to home.
13. Back home for about 6.30 pm and about 350 miles on the clock.
Sorry for the rant, but for you guys up in that neck of the woods - you lucky buggers !!
The roads are superb, it's as if someone had said - "Right, Graeme's coming to play up here today, I want everyone else off the roads so he can have fun". There was hardly any other traffic !!
If you know of any other roads up there I should be trying, especially to the west of the M74 - A74(M) - please let me know.
Catch you later,
Graeme.
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