Our first full day in Scotland started, of course, in rain varying from ‘that very wet stuff’….thank you Helen, to the sort of deluge that Noah was told to expect. No surprises there then, nor were we surprised by the hills which were long. I suppose we shouldn’t really have been surprised by the lack of people but we really saw no one for an hour and a half and the first car we saw was a Hillman Minx circa 1968. It fitted right in.
When it stopped raining and the mist cleared, we realised that the scenery is quite impressive and mostly up with a few ‘WEE’ moments down. The road surfaces varying from exceptionally good to I’d rather be on a cattle grid. There was at least one pothole today that made my bell ring by itself.
At some stage we came across a Tibetan Buddhist centre complete with ornate temple! Incongruous was the word that sprang to mind. A little later we saw signs to an observatory. Considering the local weather, futile was the word I thought of.
We were sustained throughout the day with tea by the back-up team, there being no Burger vans. They left us for the afternoon to find our way through Edinburgh and across the Fourth Bridge to our Hotel which was about 20 yards off the other end. 
81 Miles Average Speed 14.4 mph
Hope you enjoyed the minx moment, was it really the first on the trip!? If possible will you make sure that you have a deep fried mars bar.We had the hotest sunniest day of the summer, reading this I feel so guilty that all I did was drink beer and eat BBQ'd delights.One word of caution be careful of self ringing bells 'for who the bell tolls'...etc etc
ReplyDeleteWe know Gary likes to 'go the extra mile', but Isn't this taking your brand values to the extreme?
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You are doing OK - but why the picture in the van - are you kidding us about the bikes? And Tibet? It was 104 here yesterday and just so so hot. Remember to put on the mosquito lotion boys.
ReplyDelete"Incongruous" was the only word that sprang to mind! sheeeesh, I had to look that up! :)
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