Trans Scotland stage 1

Here are two blogs from people taking part in the race: Allan Kelly and the RAF

Paul texted from the sign in yesterday:

Arrived at 6pm.KB and
Dinsdale staying in B&B
Bags half size of
TransWales but will survive.
Food in.

Sun 27th May: DAY 1 - Start: Selkirk Rugby Club - Finish: Moffat Rugby Club, Holm Road, Moffat - Length of course: approx. 76km with 2100m of climbing

Texted from Paul today 20:20:

Hello Belgium.The main
thing is that well over half
the TransScotland riders did
TransWales.Even the same
Italians and other
Europeans.How short
Memories are. Today it
rained.Of course it missed
us altogether again.But
the wind was so strong we
had a tailgail.So a fast
day? 71km in six hours.
Perhaps not so fast. So
what alse got in the way
besides multitudes of wet,
knee deep boggy sections?
Well a mountain for a start.
I have never pushed my bike
up such a steep climb.
Luckily there was no false
summit but there was a
false descent.
It was steeper than the up. I
couldn't stop to get off so I
had to squeal instead.
It was referred to afterwards
as the 'the descent'.There were
wobbly bridges that
two people couldn't ride
over together as the wobble
became just too wobbly. A ride
that put endure back
into endurance.I wondered
which was worse,icy hands
or frozen feet.The first
timed section is tomorrow.