Day 9 (12th Sept) Stobo to Gateside

Left Stobo at 9.15 this morning, in the first drizzle since we set off at Land's End. The mist soon cleared and we got to Edinburgh fairly quickly but unfortunately it took longer than expected to navigate the cycle routes (annoyingly, cyclists aren't allowed on the bypass) round the city to the Forth Bridge. Met Robin for lunch in the slightly smelly town (rubbish tip and general damp seaweed smell!) of Inverkeithing. Set off to Gateside, just south of Perth, past Loch Leven and finished at 5pm after the first real, torrential downpour of the trip! Apparently weather not looking good for tomorrow, but fingers crossed.

Having made such good progress we are now much further north than expected from our scheduled stops (Edinburgh and Lethendy, nr Blairgowrie tomorrow night) so it took an hour to get back to Edinburgh and will probably take the same tomorrow night, which means two very early mornings to keep up the good progress!

Supper chez Mrs Attwood (Matlida) tonight which was delicious, sorry to miss Mr A though! Off to bed at the Ferguson's.

Total distance: 60 miles