So I have spent the past few days riding a loop south and east of Edinburgh enjoying the massive amounts of sunshine that have been laid on presently. In fact is has been so consistently sunny that I am sun burnt!
My riding has followed cycle routes 76 and national cycle route 1 (NCR1) down the east coast and then across to Innerleith and back up to Edinburgh. Starting out flat with some nice pinchish climbs and lots of golf courses and varied track surfaces (at one point the trail was a two inch wind single track through paddocks for a few kilometres) has been great to get used to the handling of my very heavily loaded bike.
The hills have been something of a shock to the system, but I have already noticed myself getting fitter and now I am just tossing up whether to change the rims of my bike to try to reduce some of the massive rolling resistance I have with 2.3″ tyres on 50mm rims giving me well over an inch of contact width.
Anyway enjoy some happy snaps while I plan the next stage of my trip!
Categories: Scotland, United Kingdom
Tags: Adventure, camping, Cycle Touring, Edinburgh, national cycle route, scotland, Surly ECR
The Graceful Cyclists 
Summer has arrived in Scotland!
Beautiful snaps! Are the castles and aqueducts Roman?
Nothing roman above ground yet, but right next to the viaduct was a paddock with lots of informative signage about the roman fort buried under the hill.