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…
This Coast and Castles North itinerary outlines our late summer tour for 2017. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – Andy S and Andy S again, the same friends who joined us on our Scottish C2C and Way of the Roses 2017 tours. We will also be joined by tour ‘newbie’ John. The Coast and Castles North route follows on from our Coast and Castles South tour, and begins in the…
