Possible break stops:
17 miles: Dalton - its pub is a thai restaurant which opens at 12.00 on Thursdays
23 miles: Lochmaben: Crown Hotel, Bruce St, Lochmaben, Lockerbie DG11 1PD, 01387811750; also a chippy and chinese takeaway /
37.5 miles, turning to Moffat - lots of places on High Street and off it, e.g. Cafe Ariete, 10 High St, Moffat DG10 9HF, 01683220313, open 8.00-16.00. Are pubs:Bull Inn, opens at 17.00. Beattock's Old Stables Inn opens at 16.00.
49 miles: Elvanfoot.
BRING OWN BEVERAGES FOR AFTERNOON BREAK
Cycle repair shops:
Carlisle, none directly on route: Rebike, Ironworks, Unit 12, Denton, Denton St CA2 5DU, 01228 318 391 / Whiteheads, 128-132 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1SH, 01228 511 303 / Felltrax, 13 Chapel Pl, Carlisle CA2 5DF, no website or phone number retrieved / Palace Cycles, 120-124 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1SH, 01228 523 142 / Scotby Cycles, Church St, Carlisle CA2 5TL, 01228 546 931 / Bikeseven Cycle Service, 1-2 Market St, Carlisle CA3 8QJ, 01228 739 926 / Beardyman Bike Spares & Repairs, Newtown Rd, Carlisle CA2 7NJ, 07974 816 934 / Halfords: Carlisle, Unit 1, St Nicholas Gate, London Rd, Carlisle CA1 2EA, 01228 514 041 / Longtown, about 3 miles NE of Gretna: Wolf Cycles, Unit 1 & 2 Borders Business Park, Longtown CA6 5TD, website but no phone number retrieved / Bikeseven Cycle Service, 2, Sandilands, Longtown, Carlisle CA6 5LY, 01228 792 497 / Dumfries, 10 miles west of route from Dalton to Lochmaben: Frothy Bike Co (& café), 77-79 Whitesands, Dumfries DG2 1RX, 01387 248 770 / G. & G. Cycle Centre, 14 Queensberry St, Dumfries DG1 1EX, 01387 259 483 / Halfords: Dumfries, St Michaels Bridge Road, Dumfries DG2 7DA, 01387 267 118 / DG2 Wheels, 12 Terregles St, Dumfries DG2 9AB, 01387 256 808 / Moffat, 1.5 miles NE of route: Annandale Cycles, Church Gate, Moffat DG10 9EG, 01683 220 033 / Birch Cycle Repairs, 2 Bath Place, Moffat DG10 9HJ, no phone, only Contact us page on website birch-bicycles-repair.business.site/#details / Douglas, about 1.5 miles SW off route down A70 from 8.3 miles from Abington near A74M Junction 12: The Cycle Worx, Colliers Court, Ayr Rd, Douglas, Lanark ML11 0RX, 07868 657 508
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