Tom Orr wrote:
>
> Look forward to the write up. Your photos are great - there was an
> almost identical view of the Lecht in Cycling Plus a while back.
>
> Tom.
yes I saw that picture too. It is a superb road from the south. It starts
with a 20% section then slopes down and curves left before the view in the
pictures. Just over the top is the Lecht Ski area. It was a pretty tough
climb with the luggage onboard. It was not too warm but warm enough to make
me sweat, I had a tail wind too. I am so glad it was not raining that day,
these exposed places are wonderful in good weather but horrid in bad
weather. I reached 50mph on the descent on the other side, then had a long
false flat downwards with a tailwind to reach Tomintoul, a tractor kept
pulling out to over take me but didn't have quite enough speed to get round
me !
