Day six into scotland

A good curry and a few beers in Kendal with some friends last night. A big thanks to Si Kent for being taxi and taking us home, and thanks to Ali for walking home, so we could all fit in Si's car. So the start of today was tough, cycling out of Kendal and through the lake district included a lot of hills, although we had some rest taking the ferry across windermere. Once past Windermere we seemed to climb for quiet a few miles.... And then a few more. We stopped just south of carlisle for our final beers and food in England, and then headed north to bonnie Scotland. The weather stayed nice for the majority of today. Light wind and some sunshine was welcomed by all. However the scotish weather showed itself soon enough. We were only 6 miles from our rest stop for the night at the queens bury hotel in downtown Dumfries and the wind got up and the sky darkened. The next couple of miles were filled with rain and painful hailstones, thank god we weren't far from the pub. Six days in and we've made it to Scotland, 60 percent of the way. Everyone is a bit tired tonight and we are all full of aches and pains. No doubt a few beers will ease the pain.