it turns out that scotland is, mostly, very good at roads. nice, smooth, flattish, often newly tarmac-ed roads.
i'm not sure if this is always the case, but it was for us today.
it also turns out that making a poor route choice and finding ourselves on a very non road-bike friendly 'short cut' to avoid a, not even that big, hill puts a very big smile on my face (though not on emma's)
the non bike friendly 'short cut' did afford some beautiful sights...
but it also disappeared into the sea, meaning we had to back track, and walk our bikes quite a long way up somebody's drive, in order to find nice smooth tarmac again.
rejoining the road i almost lost sign of em as she got her spin on to make up for the slow going on the trail, but managed to catch her up in time for a pit stop at a wonderful local pub (the clachan) in strachur. the regulars were very welcoming and a welcome relief from pit stopping in bus stops and lay-bys.
it was then on to the wonderful glimpses of loch eck for the last few miles, before being met for our stop tonight.
emma's extended family have been incredibly accommodating an are providing brilliant company that i'm currently neglecting so will get back to.
today's data:
72.7 miles
4,669ft of ascent
5h 26m 38s peddling time
13.7mph average speed
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