Saturday was a good day for a walk – the Braemar Circular Walk via Lions Head. We parked in the car park next to Braemar Castle. We didn’t go to the castle but picked up the footpath on the opposite side of the road, as short distance away. As we were following the road to get to the start of the footpath, we spotted a dragon fly on the floor. The footpath initially followed the road heading away from Braemar…
For Coast and Castles North Day 5 we woke up on a Thursday morning to a very different day – the sun was shining! Having had breakfast we left our bags at the hotel and set off back to Dunnottar Castle. The views on the way back there were great! We could never have guessed the previous night. We arrived at Dunnottar Castle, parked up our bikes and went for a look around. As we were leaving Dunnottar Castle, there…
We left Drumoig Golf Hotel and set off on Coast & Castles North Day 3 to Arbroath. We had to cycle back to where we had left the route the previous evening. We set off initially towards Tentsmuir. We cycled through the Tentsmuir forest, stopping to look at the water at Tentsmuir Point. Our route then took us through Tayport. From Tayport, we made our way to the Tay Road Bridge. There is a path down the centre for cycling…
Sunday was our Coast and Castles North Day 1. However, before we did any cycling we had a trip around Edinburgh Castle which had been arranged by the lovely Ali. Arriving at Edinburgh Castle, they were getting ready for the Royal Tattoo. There were quite a number of military museum’s to look around. This horse statue was moved to the Castle and recommissioned by the Princesses Royal. The queue to see the Crown Jewels took us through an exhibition. Andy…
Saturday was the SCCC Sale Water Park Afternoon Ride. We met at North Reddish Park. We set off an made our way onto the Fallowfield Loop or the Manchester Cycleway as it is also called. We passed past Sainsbury’s at Fallowfield and then continued along the Manchester Cycleway. At then end of the Manchester Cycleway, we passed St Werburgh’s tram station. Having crossed over the tram line, we made our way to and through Chorlton Park. Leaving Chorlton Park, we…
