Lejog day 11 - 6/13/2018

Today we rode from Kinross to Ballater. It was a long day with lot's of climbing up to the Cairgorms.
In the afternoon we had a very difficult climb up to the Glenshee ski center with short sections of 20% up to 2500'.

Here's guide David test riding a small rider's bike he was trying to fix. Looks pretty awkward to me.

In the morning we passed through Perth which is small, bike friendly and scenic.

Perth

Lunch was at the Wee Tea Shop in the middle of nowhere. They treated us to a splendid lunch and made Martina a lovely vegan lunch. They sell many wonderful things so I bought Sherry a stag cushion. It is badly overpriced, but I loved the place so much I just had to buy it.

The Wee Tea House is hard to spot from the road

Many good things to buy

After lunch the scenery just kept getting better and better as we climbed.

Near the end of the rider we passed through Balmoral but didn't see the castle. The road from Balmoral to Ballater might have been the best of the entire ride.

It got very overcast and windy towards the end of the day with some rain coming down in the last ten miles. Storm Hector was getting close.

We rode 82 miles and climbed 4761' today. Definitely one of the top five days of the tour.