Got an early start after a good rest day in Edinburgh, away by 7.30am. Did 6 hours and 16minutes riding the remainder of the 10 hours mending the bikes!.We are now well acquainted with and very grateful to bike ships in Central Scotland. A special mention must be made of the Perth City Cycles where Doron's spoke was mended again , four spare ones bought and a tutorial on how to mend them was given. I also had my brake pads changed there. We talked to veterans of this route and picked up many useful tips from them . Thanks are also due to a real gentleman in the bike shop Escape Route at Pitlochry, who gave us fantastic customer support , mended my puncture and gave us more expert advice even though we caught him very close to closing time. I am really impressed with the camaraderie of people we have come across.
Apart from losing the advantage of an early start we had a great day, the scenery has been the best yet, quite delightful. It might be something to do with having forsaken the A roads after we left the Forth Bridge Road at North Queensferry when we turned on to the B981 through Kelty and Kinross to Perth. We left there with new spokes along a nice scenic cycle route through the the Tay Valley and pushed on through Dunkeld making the most of the sunshine. We hoped to go further than our scheduled night stop at Pitlochry but just as we arrived I got a puncture and we stayed put.
It was quite a hard day we did 80 miles and I feel quite tired but that may have something to do with the fact that my brake pads were rather too tight so I had been pedalling against some resistance for half the time!
Now we are off to find a curry house and settle down in our B & B to watch the Champions League game. Managed to watch a fair bit of football this 'holiday ', got to keep sane somehow. Off to Inverness tomorrow, only 85 miles .
Statistics
Miles today 80.4
Miles so far 767.8
Time in the saddle 6hours 16 minutes
Average speed 12.8mph
Maximum speed Plus 40mph very gratifying hurtle down the Tay Valley
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