Bank Holiday Monday was the end of our holiday and time to start back home. The initial part of our journey was a cycle ride from Midmar to Aberdeen. It was another nice day as we set off. Initially, we passed through Comers, retracing part of the route we had taken a few days previously. We finally reached Echt and it was at this point that our route started to differ. When we had cycled to Midmar we had gone…
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…
Coast and Castles North Day 4 would take us from Arbroath to Stonehaven. Before we set off there were the practical elements of the tour to sort out – collecting the washing from the launderette. After doing so we headed over to The Corn Exchange, the local Wetherspoon, to sort the dried washing out. It was a murky grey day when we set off late morning from Arbroath. And the foggy conditions would be the theme for the day. The first…
Coast and Castles North Day 2 would take us from Kinross to Drumoig via St Andrews. More importantly, today was Sarah’s birthday! We left Windlestrae Hotel in Kinross on a cool but pleasant morning. We set off cycling towards the shores of Loch Leven. After leaving the lake shore we made our way through Wester Balgedie. And on into Fife and alongside the edge of Lomond Hills Regional Park. And then briefly into the park itself. We stopped for a…
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…
