Finished work and hit the road for Scotland – a proper road trip ahead of us! It’s a long old drive, so we decided to break it up with an overnight stop at an Aire in Gretna Green.
The journey took just over six hours, including a stop at Tebay Services – honestly, hands down the best services we’ve ever been to. Proper farm shop vibes, amazing coffee, and possibly the best sausage roll I’ve ever had. Definitely sets a new standard for motorway stops!
The drive itself was fine overall, but Birmingham traffic was an absolute nightmare – added at least an hour to our journey. Eventually, we rolled into Gretna around 10:15pm, found our spot, got the van sorted, and tried to settle in for the night.
For some reason, I had this irrational fear that we might get burgled, so I double-checked the locks… and then, of course, the van alarm went off! That didn’t help - winding the neighbours up!
To make things worse, high-speed trains thundered past nearly all night, I was freezing, and I had a string of bad dreams.
Safe to say, sleep wasn’t great at all – not the most restful start to the trip!
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