And off we go on the first 123 miles of our adventure along the East coast of Scotland. What a fantastic ride today was. I've never ridden this far in one day and we set off at a sensible pace knowing there are 9 other days to get through on the way 'home'.
The roads are flat and pretty fast with some superb coastal views. We could see the oil rigs out to sea where our North Sea Gas and Oil comes from and the miles wizzed by with no punctures or problems!
Riding in a group of ten (officially a pelaton - a team is nine - so only just!) you have to concentrate hard on what's going on ahead. It would be easy to run into the rider in front but you need to stay close at times to 'hide' from the wind and then be prepared to do your turn on the front and let others have an easier ride. This stage of the ride was pretty quiet for traffic and we spent time chatting and enjoying the views.
This was the run in to Inverness across the bridge (will add the name when I get the map from route planner Colin!)
Felt good afterwards, without too much tiredness and having seen some great sights. Roll on tomorrow! :)
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