
A great day Boggers.
Breakfast with Mum and Dad and then left them to tour the great city of Glasgow. I am sure that Dads blog would say how great the Glasgow Boys art thingy was and that the bus tour was worth it.
I on the other hand set off out of the city into some of the best scenery yet, snow capped mountain after snow capped mountain with the road winding through the glens so never really going up much at all. I followed 2 birds of prey along the road, riding beneath them. The route took me through some beautiful little villages and touristy towns to get sandwiches and funny pastry things that tasted great (couldn't understand the lady who explained what it was???)
I sat in a park looking at more mountains in the glorious sunshine. The ride then got even better as I went off road onto the sustrans tracks which went up a valley side very steeply and then traversed the valley side over bridges and viaducts, all very impressive. This obviously meant that it was going to go down and down it went on brilliant tarmac tacks empty of other cyclists and pedestrians went for "brakes are for wimps' approach.
I arrived at where I wanted to at about 2pm so carried on on the sustrans route on the left hand side of Loch Tay. This meant that I got to see the amazing views of Ben Lawers with snow and all. Finished the day in the slightly rough Aberfady and got a lift back to the hotel at the bottom of Ben Lawers.
The comments are great, Sarah I would definately do more training to toughen up my knees. It is not good enough to have a general fitness, you need to be bike fit and I am only really just starting to feel that now.
I had my first thoughts of finishing today and got slightly worried that I wouldn't know what to do with myself when I don't have to cycle 90 miles before the day starts. Any suggestions?
Hannah an Daniel this may be a spot for a holiday.
This sounds like a fantastic ride, maybe in the summer then.....?
ReplyDeleteHow about doing a Maths Specialist Teacher Course for 2 days when you stop cycling.
I am just beginning to wonder what the next challenge will be?!?!
if you want a new challenge I need my car port rebuilt after it fell down in the snow; or you could dig the rest of my allotment or mark my writing assessments?!!
ReplyDeleteAs you get further north, remember to keep an eye out for polar bears!
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