Thursday 19th September

We left Annan this morning in pouring rain! Annan looked like a rather drab place at the best of times and this morning certainly wasn't the best! After considering possible routes we elected for the main A road as other routes were longer and the rain was coming down It doesn't get much worse than an A road in the pouring rain with lorries thundering past and spraying water everywhere but with the promise of cake and coffee in Dumfries.....! We met a guy in Dumfries who said we would cycle past Kier where the bicycle was invented He also told us the road to our destination at Carsphairn was flat and it certainly wasn't so not sure what to believe. Stopped for lunch in a lovely tea shop and finally after an uphill struggle literally arrived at a fabulous B & B which has only been open a few weeks The owner cooked us a delicious meal as we are several miles from a pub. Tomorrow the sun is going to shine and were off to Ardrossan to catch the ferry to Arran