It was dry & sunny as we prepped the cars, Adrian of the hotel wanted to film us all leaving, so Steve lead us out & off past Carlyle’s monument & on towards the A75. This was a bit of a drudge, but soon we were in the hills, where it was cloudy & cold. After a while we stopped in Thornhill at Jinny’s Tea Room in the middle of the high street which required a little jostling for parking spaces.
It's not a fast road by any means, but it is beautiful & a challenging drive
That was followed by cake in “The Glen” café recently re-opened & it was good to see it busy. Usually we park up in the car park, but today we stopped across the frontage for a photo – except for Richard, who drove past.
After that it was mile after mile of excellent roads, a few with poor surfaces for short periods, but not too bad. Next we went along the valley of
Yarrow Water, through Yarrow Feus, Yarrow & Yarrow Ford, past
business called Yarrow Fishery & Yarrow Dogs (bit of a theme
here). When we’d had enough yarrow, we took the B7039 south to
Etterick Water & passing through Etterick Bridge & past the
Cross Keys Inn (“the badger pub” of previous tours).
After more fantastic roads epic scenery & a 1930s Bentley blatt, we re-fuelled at Lockerbie &
we went back to the hotel.
That was followed by cake in “The Glen” café recently re-opened & it was good to see it busy. Usually we park up in the car park, but today we stopped across the frontage for a photo – except for Richard, who drove past.
Epic day.
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