Day 18 Biggar - Moffat

• 28 miles, one of the big ones today!
• Didn't sleep well again but off to an early start for the longest day's walk so far and in good weather, a rarity in these isles
• Al had found a tea shop at 5 miles, a lovely homemade everything type place, so had a big pot of tea and toast to set me up
• Probably the most spectacular day so far, entering the borders area with its rolling hills then suddenly travelling into a Glen. For 7 miles I was surrounded both sides by hills so heavily covered in pine trees you can genuinely smell the pine.
• At the end of the Glen encountered a strange experience, I was stopped by a policeman. It transpired all he wanted to check was did I have food and drink? Did I have safety clothing if the weather closed in? Whilst the scenery had so far been beautiful I understood why he was asking as the last eight miles was chicanes cut into the side of a hill with views looking out over amazing drops and hills bathed in moving black swathes as the clouds moved across them. He was really nice and was just checking I was safe.
• Finally arrived in Moffat a tasteful town and the campsite was lovely. Pitched, (Al now likes that term), showered and headed off for some replenishment from the 28 mile hike.
• Ate at a hotel in Moffat, well pub called a hotel.