LEJOG 2024

Rest Day:  Cardrona Some time to relax and take in the views or perhaps wander around Cardrona and its surrounding countryside.  The more adventurous may want to visit either the Innerleithen or Glentress mountain bike centres, or maybe you just fancy a walk alongside the River Tweed.  Peebles is a bustling border town with good shopping opportunities for souvenirs.  Staying 2 nights here presents a great opportunity for catching up on laundry and also allows us to spend a little time caring for our bikes and, if necessary, pay a visit to one of the well-equipped local bike shops.  We're staying in the Scottish Borders region, in the Tweed Valley.  I had a late breakfast this morning; it's nice to be in no rush.  There may have been several trips to the buffet tables........  Caught up on laundry, correspondence, blogging, etc.  Then out for a walk.  As I gazed around at the high hills all around us, I couldn't help but think there's goi...

Talkin / Hallbankgate to Cardrona 122 km / 1800 m One of the most rewarding day's cycling of the trip, over hills, through valleys and forests giving stunning ascents and the bliss of some awesome downhills, before we arrive at our resting place in Cardrona for the night and the following day. Well, the peacock was well behaved last night and I didn't hear a peep out of him until almost 7.  We were staying at two different hotels in two different towns last night so we were a little bit late getting on the road.  The good news was that it looked like a pretty dry forecast; the bad news was that we would have wind in our faces the whole day.  Winds starting from the NW and switching to the N just about the same time we changed direction.  The forecast called for winds from 20 km/hr gusting to 40 km/hr.  Honestly - when we got up into open terrain in the afternoon I would hazard a guess that they were even higher than that.  So - what on paper was a long ride...