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Watching the Tour of Britain - Stage 7
« on: 04 September, 2008, 10:48:52 am »
forget about Ingerland - get yerselves to Drumlanrig Castle on Sat 13th (long holiday weekend in Embra but sadly not Glasgow)

Drumlanrig Castle

Stage Seven finishes at the beautiful setting of Drumlanrig Castle, located at the heart of the 120,000-acre Queensberry Estate.

Steeped in history, The Tour of Britain passed this unique and historic castle in 2007 on it’s way to Glasgow, but this year returns for the stage finish of its penultimate stage.

Drumlanrig’s association with the bicycle goes back further than that however, as in approximately 1839, a local blacksmith named Kirkpatrick Macmillan attached pedals to his wooden hobby horse, and in doing so created the world’s first bicycle.



Okm    Glasgow Green    
10:15
6km    Nerston : KOM    
10:40
21km    Strathaven    
11:05
56km    Glespin : Sprint    
12:00
74km    Crawfordjohn : KOM    
12:25
95km    Sanquhar : Sprint    
12:55
109km    Mennock Pass : KOM  - might go here if weather and family are agreeable...   
13:20
119km    Elvanfoot    
13:30
146km    Thornhil l: Sprint    
14:15
153km    Drumlanrig Castle - otherwise we'll be here!    
14:25
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