Day 8 - Glentrool to Swindon (cradle of civilisation)

Day 8 - Glentrool to Swindon Monday 16/05/2022 -------------------------------- We both slept well despite realising that we had pitched our tents right next to the road where there was a huge amount of military traffic. Not watched the news for a week, have things escalated? We made contact with my wife's cousin Kasia (who lives in Newton Stewart with her partner Marcin). They were kind enough to lay on coffee and a big breakfast for us. We could have chatted for longer (we didn't leave until almost 12.00), but we had to hit the road and get home as both of us are working tomorrow. The short ride to Newton Stewart was enjoyable with fun twisty roads and nice views of the national park. Unfortunately by the time we left the rain was pretty heavy and persistent. Konrad guided us on another nice road through Galloway Forest but the rain meant that we couldn't make better progress and we ended-up skipping one final pass we had planned to ride. The main road to Dumfries was re...