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Coast & Castles North Day 1 – Edinburgh to Kinross

Coast & Castles North Day 1 – Edinburgh to Kinross

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…

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Scottish C2C Day 4 – Edinburgh to Forth Bridge (and back)

Scottish C2C Day 4 – Edinburgh to Forth Bridge (and back)

Our Scottish C2C Day 4 would be our last day of the tour. The plan was to complete the Scottish C2C route by cycling to the Forth Bridge, and then finish by cycling back to Edinburgh Waverley Rail station. At the end of our C2C Day 3 we had finished at overnight stop, Canon Court apartments. On our final morning we now left the apartment where we had been staying and headed over to Earthy Cafe for breakfast. This place provided probably the…

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Scottish C2C Itinerary

Scottish C2C Itinerary

Our Scottish C2C Itinerary follows a new cycle route put together by the creators of the original C2C; it takes you through the Southern Uplands of Scotland, from coast to coast. Sarah and I, along with our two friends Andy and Andy (yes, lots of Andy’s!) from Stockport Community Cycling Club in late Autumn. The route is described by Sustrans as ‘Linking Annan on the Solway Firth and South Queensferry on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, the Scottish C2C is a…

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JOGLE Day 5 – Pitlochry to Edinburgh

JOGLE Day 5 – Pitlochry to Edinburgh

JOGLE Day 5 was the first of the two toughest days of the tour. It began with the now usual morning panic when we couldn’t open the side door of the support vehicle. Thankfully Neil had a brainwave and managed to sort everything out. We had planned to be on the road earlier than usual, and for once managed to achieve this. As I mentioned yesterday Pitlochary SYHA was up a hill, so the first bit of cycling we did was…

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