Lejog day 10 - 6/12/2018

Today was a long day to Kinross. Other than Edinburgh it was a lovely day. We could easily have skirted Edinburgh and I wish we had. Even though it's one of my favorite cities it is not bike friendly.

We started, as usual, with a big climb out of Moffat followed by an even longer downhill.

Lunch was at our first Scottish lunch pub. It was pretty much indistinguishable from the English pub food except for the haggis on the menu.

Scottish pub lunch

After lunch we rode through Edinburgh which is a beautiful city when you're on foot. But there are buses and coaches everywhere and I would not want to drive or cycle through it. Plus most of the streets are cobbled.

Edinburgh

After Edinburgh the riding became nice again and the Firth of Forth bridge was even more impressive than the Severn bridge.

The iconic Forth bridge only carries rail traffic now

Note the GoPro camera mount on my aerobars. That's how I took most of my photos and videos.

After crossing the Forth the approach to Kinross was mainly quiet, scenic roads including this unexpected bike path.

Today we rode 81.8 miles with 4134' of climbing. One of the longest days. Clouds were coming in rapidly as Storm Hector approached. Named storms are never good.