A big yellow fireball has gone missing from the sky. It was last seen three days ago but has not been seen since! If seen there is a huge reward being offered by two very wet cyclists…..
Well it was raining when we went to sleep and it was still raining when we woke up. The owners of the Tushielaw Inn where we stayed last night had tried to dry our kit but things like shoes just weren’t dry. We delayed leaving by chatting to the very friendly owners but we both knew at some point we would have to leave L
It rained lightly while we climbed and dropped twice up/down the long hills, somehow the downhill’s never equal out the time or effort expended going up?
We stopped in Innerleithen for a hot drink and then started to climb again into the Moorfoot Hills. Again the hills just seemed to drag on and on. Of course it continued to rain. We got so high at one point we were above the huge wind turbines on the next hills. After a long time we dropped out of the hills and into Midlothian. We headed towards Edinburgh and were rewarded with a great view of Arthurs Seat.
A quick warming coffee stop on the edge of the city before joining the cycle path which led us away from the Sunday Tourists buying inappropriate kilts and tartan rugs, and out towards the Forth Road Bridge.
On arriving at the bridge the cycle lane on the East Side was shut so we had to get both bikes down the steps, under the road and up the steps the other side - just what you want to be doing when your bike weighs 30kg+ and it’s raining.
We came through Inverkeithing and one last climb brought us to tonight’s Dunfermline Travelodge (the last one on the tour - so no more bikes in the room J
Martin
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| We followed the path of lots of streams like thi |
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| View across to the Forth Bridgess |
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