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…
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…
