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South Lanarkshire


Thistles. Beattock Summit, with a train going past. Although the climb is about 10 miles long, it's not very s... Part of the Clyde Wind Farm. The Clyde Valley, which I have been in since not long after Beattock Summit. I have been seeing quite a lot of classic cars in the last hour or so. This one helpfully slowed dow... ... Ah, its friend. The River Clyde, looking quite bonny. Another one... ... and an old lorry. This is where I will be staying tonight. Oh look, an old Rolls Royce. I'll park my bike here. The chain is only just long enough to go round the tree though, meaning that... The view from my room tonight. Strangely, the photographs of this hotel on the website showed an out... Well this has limited the dinner options. The choices now are to see what Burger King do that isn't ... Abington Services at breakfast time. North! I'm still on what's left of the northbound carriageway of the old A74, on the route of the old coach... At today's summit. More wind turbines. For the whole of this trip so far, the wind has been very light and slightly in ... According to some signs, part of the B7078 is closed so I'm making a detour. Unfortunately I've now taken a wrong turn off the detour and unintentionally lost about 90 metres of... That house has a lot of satellite dishes. At least they all help to confirm which was is South. Tower blocks of Motherwell and Wishaw. What's an Early Learning Unit? The switchboxes or the patch of gravel behind them? Strange vehicles. Hamilton. Hamilton. A lunchtime supper only makes sense in Scotland. The Clyde has got bigger since I last saw it. Rutherglen. The bridge into Glasgow.