The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

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It has been 2 days since my last confession and we are back in Balloch, having cycled 850 miles and climbed 50,000 feet.  Yesterday we continued to follow cycle routes 7 and 77,vaguely following the A9 to Perth. It was a longish day but the sun was shining and Type 1 fun was in plentiful supply. For a long stretch we were on a freshly resurfaced cycle path....so fresh that at the end of it we found the road crew just finishing off a section.

In Perth, and perhaps all of Scotland, the legal drinking age is 12.  We know this because we had dinner in 'spoons last night, where the local kids were getting pissed before heading home to do their homework. At no point was anyone asked for ID provided they filled out the Track and Trace form.  Maybe Track and Trace trumps the licencing laws?

Today, our last, was another filled with sunshine and great scenery, including a cruise past Gleneagles golf course where I saw a man in spectacular trousers fluff an easy chip onto the green.  Our route included some tiny goat tracks before we burst out onto the main drag for the last mile into Balloch.  

Our end of trip celebrations are going less well than we hoped because:

1/  Our celebratory beers are in Plum's van.  The keys to the van are in the B&B....... but the owner isn't.  Bugger.

2/ We have executed the fall back plan (we have trained for this) and gone to the pub but they have NO REAL ALE. Bugger

No matter, we are resourceful chaps and are making do with fermented apples.

Who knows when COVID will permit another adventure but we have plenty of ideas......

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