back in England!

hello from carlisle! we made it into town just before dark after 105miles! yesterday i didn't update the blog because we didn't get into the hostel til 10 and everyone sharing our room was already asleep! struggling to remember yesterday after so many hours in the saddle but i do remember the mountain pass near rest and be thankfull, very beautiful and the descent was a great thrill!yesterday was day 4, 98.4miles 11.5 average speed, 8HOURS 30MINS 6184 feet climb. today we slowly left glasgow (lots of red lights), with a few drivers beeping in support and one lady passed us some sponsor money at a red light. after leaving the suburbs we joined an old b road which was replaced by the a74m motorway. this road was very empty and desolate and there was no impression of distance travelled so i found it quite hard. thankfully after lunch however the road followed a long gradual descent and our speed picked up. eventually we reached gretna green and a few miles later we reached England! i was very happy to get this far! it was 7miles later we entered carlisle for the night. day 5 was 105.1miles average speed 11.7 8hours 56 in the saddle, 5500 feet climb.