Five Round Britain places to find today made all the more interesting as I'm doing it old school with map and paper. Sat nav no good as its still got Lux/Germany/ Belgium maps on it from last trip. I forgot to put the uk maps back on it!!!
I found my way east to the sea, past Torness nuclear power station (its painted all white and virtually on the A1) and follow the coast to North Berwick. Sea is like a mill pond, Bass rock looking spectacular but plenty of day trippers to make it quite busy.
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| They've got a pretty bad bird fouling problem on that rock |
Onto Dalkeith and I get confused again around the new roads and roadworks ( happened before last time I was here) Anyhow, landmark located and on to Peebles and Glentress down the A6094/701. Good to be back on relatively quite scenic roads again and Selkirk next. Bike has developed a bit of a misfire on acceleration and is feeling a bit lumpy.
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| A duff spark plug would you believe. |
I carry a spare coil stick so I change the left hand one. Little bit of improvement but I'm suspecting its a spark plug. Carry spare plugs as well so change the LH and all is well again. Put the original coil stick back in to confirm and still ok. Thats the cheap fix then - £4 plug instead of a £65 coil stick. Cant be arsed to mess about anymore and crack on for home again down the A68. Rest of trip is eminently forgettable as it involves the A1.
Just under 700 miles for the trip, and a bit more of the borders discovered.
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