A spectacular first day of riding

I couldn’t have imagined a more beautiful day for starting out on a six-day bike tour in Scotland, especially after reading about how the weather can be here. Today was just about perfect!

Here’s the fearsome foursome, ready to hit the trail:

And what a trail it was! Of the two routes offered, we chose the one that had us on bike/walking paths almost the entire way out of the city. The sun was shining, we were bombarded with bird calls, and we were treated to sights like this:

Of course, there were glorious flowers everywhere too:

(Do any of you know what that last one is?)

We also kept seeing beautiful fields of yellow flowers (mustard maybe?), and I had to grab this shot of one of them:

Lastly, here’s a shot Bass Rock, just off the coast a short way from the end of our 42 mile ride. You can’t see it in this shot, but the rock has a little lighthouse on it as well.

Our destination today was the little seacoast town of Dunbar, which we discovered was the birthplace of John Muir! We’re staying at a gorgeous little inn called The Rocks. I’ll try and get a photo for you in the morning, before we head off for Kelso! 

Author: John Clark

Computer consultant/glass artist, living in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado. View all posts by John Clark