I haven’t been looking at my e-mails, blog and comments etc. I’m ringing home and telling them of my days’ activities and they update the blog. When I get to Edinburgh I will try and catch up with my e-mails etc.
Bit hard starting off the next day. Had such a great time in the pub last night it felt quite lonely on my own!
I climbed above the A9 on a quiet road to start with – a beautiful pastoral scene, very green, rain clouds scudding across the sky. I was reminded of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony. After about 7 kilometres I came to a junction. Had to decide whether to head towards Ballinouig or carry on the high road above the A9. I met a chap walking his dog and he told me that there was an A9 service station in Ballinouig so headed there for brunch and then walked along cycle route 83 to Dunkeld. Made good time (it was harder going on the high road). I went to the Inver camp site which is about 1 mile to the east of Dunkeld … which means that I will 1 mile further to go to-morrow!
I had my evening meal at the Royal Dunkeld Hotel where I met Alan and Elsa. Alan was in his eighties, a survivor of bowel cancer and Elsa suffers quite badly from glaucoma and the side effects. They had such a positive outlook on life. Alan’s arm was strapped due to RSI from spending too much time on the internet. The doctor didn’t think it was too bad until Alan mentioned that it was interfering with his golf! I passed a very enjoyable with them. They have relatives in Auckland, New Zealand.
I know that I have been going on about midges, but I now have a replacement obsession to go on about – cleggs. The nuclear armed version of the midge, who not only take blood, but flesh as well!
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