The heavy rain continued most of today. Oh well it could have been worse:
The second day of heavy rain is never as bad as the first because you’ve been through it already.
The thirty miles of climbing was in the first half of the day,
At least when it’s raining the midges can’t get you.
We left The Tuishilaw Inn and continue to climb through the borders. - Spectacular scenery - rivers, crofts, pine forests, grouse, we think a couple of eagles. We dropped into the village of Innerleithen - it was only one street but it seemed really busy after the solitude of the borders. We continue up into the Moorfoot Hills eventually dropping and returning to civilisation and the A7 at Gorebridge.
Eventually we reached the outskirts of Edinburgh. As we were cycling along I looked up and realised we were riding past Edinburgh’s famous Arthur’s Seat. We took Amy, Jon, Chris and Laura up to Edinburgh to watch the World Cross-country championships there in 2008. It was a long journey in the car and we had cycled there not just from home but from Cornwall. - I shed a few more tears!
Still raining we stopped for a quick coffee to warm up before joining sustrans cycle path 1 - what an excellent cycle path. The roads of Edinburgh are in a terrible condition - patches, potholes. - the cycle path was lovely smooth well -kept tamac. We followed the path for 7/8 miles through the city, council estates, the expensive housing with pony paddocks and golf courses towards South Queensferry.
We crossed the Forth Road Bridge - amazing views of the Firth Estaury finishing off with the last 6 miles climbing up into Dunfermline. 66 miles wet, tired and hungry.
The second day of heavy rain is never as bad as the first because you’ve been through it already.
The thirty miles of climbing was in the first half of the day,
At least when it’s raining the midges can’t get you.
We left The Tuishilaw Inn and continue to climb through the borders. - Spectacular scenery - rivers, crofts, pine forests, grouse, we think a couple of eagles. We dropped into the village of Innerleithen - it was only one street but it seemed really busy after the solitude of the borders. We continue up into the Moorfoot Hills eventually dropping and returning to civilisation and the A7 at Gorebridge.
Eventually we reached the outskirts of Edinburgh. As we were cycling along I looked up and realised we were riding past Edinburgh’s famous Arthur’s Seat. We took Amy, Jon, Chris and Laura up to Edinburgh to watch the World Cross-country championships there in 2008. It was a long journey in the car and we had cycled there not just from home but from Cornwall. - I shed a few more tears!
Still raining we stopped for a quick coffee to warm up before joining sustrans cycle path 1 - what an excellent cycle path. The roads of Edinburgh are in a terrible condition - patches, potholes. - the cycle path was lovely smooth well -kept tamac. We followed the path for 7/8 miles through the city, council estates, the expensive housing with pony paddocks and golf courses towards South Queensferry.
We crossed the Forth Road Bridge - amazing views of the Firth Estaury finishing off with the last 6 miles climbing up into Dunfermline. 66 miles wet, tired and hungry.
Julia
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