30/09/2011

Day 30 Kirkcudbright to Carlisle

Today's journey was cut short in Carlisle due to the Tax running out on Billy (our van) and we need to be close to a decent town to renew it.

Apart from that it was another stormy wet day.

The day was planed to be a 129 miles from Kirkcudbright to Whitehaven and as mentioned above ended as a 94 mile day in Carlisle. It started with gale force winds but as the day went on got better until there was eve some sunshine around.

My journey took me from sandy beaches to historic villages and even when the sun came out had the opportunity to pose by a very famous well (that I only came across by accident) where Robert Burns, the famous Scottish poet must have written a poem.

Sadly today marked the day that our journey through both Northern Ireland and Scotland has ended and we are on our way to Wales and then conclude the English coast line. We both really loved our Scottish leg of this expedition and will definitely revisit many parts frequently.

So we're slightly behind (35 miles) but am still at a respectable 2484 miles in 30 days and tomorrow is the start of Breast Cancer Awareness month.