a change is as good as a rest

There has been a bit of a theme the past few days...

It has mainly involved heavy panting, deep heather and taking the bike for a walk.

The Cairngorms might not have the dramatic drops associated with the west but it does has some rather fine long distance routes which, if you are prepared for a bit of a push/carry, are fantastic biking journeys.

Yesterday, Heather & Di completed the Gaick traverse - Heathers biking equivalant to climbing Ardverikie Wall - which justified 2 coffee shop stops.

This never included our unplanned tea break kindly provided by Mr Fishermen en route :)

Needless to say, that I do not want to go anywhere near a bike today ...