Great start to the day when John produced five bags off Jelly Beans - they certainly kept us fuelled throughout the day. 7.30 start from Dunfermline with 114 miles ahead of us including an ascent of the Drumochter pass before reaching Aviemore. Roddy, the spin doctor, was with us for his first century ride - and a wee bit apprehensive about how things would go. In the end he acquitted himself well and sailed into Aviemore with the team at just after 5.30 pm. First stop of the day was Perth for breakfast - at this point Celia decided to push on alone and managed to reach Aviemore before the rest of us. Super woman indeed. Overall a fast day, with Drumochter not posing any real challenges, and finally the wind turning to the SW.
Highlights of the day;
- John's Jelly Beans
- Barry's incident with a horse in Kinross
- David Robertson meeting us (again) in a lay-by on the A9 just after Perth
- The chain gang along the A9 from Perth
- Drummond's restaurant in Pitlochry not charging us for our lunchtime soup, coffee and cakes - much appreciated
- Drumochter - the highest point of the trip. Freezing cold mind you.
- The descent from Drumochter after Dalwhinnie - super smooth roads with a tail wind
- Roddy's first century ride
- Aviemore pool giving us free access
- Gordy putting us up in his house in Aviemore - many thanks
- The poor quality cycle path over Drumochter
- The junk tossed onto the cycle path from the Lay-Bys at Drumochter
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