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End of day 7 & what a day! Keith's back wheel buckled with 10 miles to go of day 6 so had to finish on spare bike, which is like going from a sports car to a tank! He also had to start today on the spare while mike sorted the other for us!

He met us after 6 miles with new bike and we started the day properly. It took 2hrs to do 10miles, which was a bit of a nightmare! Fantastic views from the top & weather amazing!

Got through the otherside of penrith & had lunch in tropical conditions, it was amazing! Mike even got his deck chair out of the van!

Reached gretna an the scottish border. Yay! Can't believe we've got this far! One of keith's colleagues met us at the border in a kilt with a hip flask of whiskey to ease the cramp! We stopped for a bru in kirkpatrick, sofa was very soft & we spent too long there really! So last 14 miles was done under sunset then very quickly it turned pitch black!

So eventually we arrived in Lockerbie after 10hrs! 500miles done so far! 90 planned for tomorrow and no room to stop before dumbarton, goner be very tough! Breakfast at 7am, on road for 7:45 & try to do more than 10miles in 1st 2hrs! Please!

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