Day 7 saw us leave Moffat and go straight into a 5 mile hill climb. Sometimes this isn’t information you want to see flashing up on your garmin! Luckily it was long rather than steep so we steadily made progress.
We’d decided to take it easy today as we have a big day tomorrow but there was a headwind and we had the chance to join in with a larger group deciding that their increased pace was a fair trade off for lesser effort needed in the wind.
We made rapid progress to Edinburgh where we had our lunch stop (2nd photo above). It was chaotic as a cruise ship had just come in but we all managed to eat in the end.
After lunch we had the pleasure of crossing the Forth Road Bridge, no traffic and spectacular views (see 1st photo which also shows the cruise ship).
It was onward and quite often upward as we rode mostly minor roads and through small villages, sometimes with a group but we noticed even the fast ones had slowed considerably. By now most people are suffering aches and pains from their saddle, neck, hands, wrists, knees…take your pick!
We cycled through Kinross, a pretty town and finally arrived in Perth, glad to be there.
101 miles and 4,843ft elevation.
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