Big hill straight out of the Service Station of the M74. Many thanks to all the staff at the Days Inn Hotel for looking after us.
A couple of miles down the road and we clocked Hamilton - photo done and off to search for bacon rolls - found an excellent cafe and fuel restored we were off again to Queens Park which uses the National Football stadium at Hampden.
Cloudy and cold with traffic lights stopping us every 100 yards was monotonous and then the road was clear to Celtic - the staff there were ery friendly and took us and the bikes up the tunnel pitch side to what is quite an impressive stadium.
Photos done and we were off again to Partick Thistle and then winded our way down to Rangers via a bike shop to get some bolts to actually hold Phils bike rack.
Satnav working overtime through the busy streets of Glasgow we arrived at Rangers football club where again we were escorted pitch side via the tunnel by very helpful staff.
Pictures taken and we were heading into dark clouds over St Mirren football club and with the rain pelting down photo taken and then the long cold slog to Dumbarton via the Erskine Bridge.
Found a good cycle path and soon we were at Dumbarton football club where it turns out they might be on the move again!
Hunger pains kicked in and KFC hit the spot.
The weather was damn right miserable as we headed back over the Erskine Bridge and towards Greenock using the old Greenock road. Not sure Phil was too keen on the rolling hills but the surface was good and the road was quiet.
Arrived at Greenock Morton where again the staff were delighted to see us and took pictures of us on their pitch.
Gave Phil the option of the scenic route or just go direct A78 - he chose A78
Down the coast we went for about 25 miles and into our B&B at Carlton Seamill.
85 miles done
Mostly Cloudy with heavy showers
Biting winds
Knee still causing me grief
But we made it.
View from Carlton Seamill B&B
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