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B.G. Finlay
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Brian G ([email protected]) wrote:
: Yesterday I cycled from Pitlochry down to Crieff. I tell you this for
: no special reason, just to gloat about the beautiful part of the country
: I'm privileged to live in. The first leg takes the high road out of
: Pitlochry to the east of the modern A9, climbing and twisting on narrow
: roads through sheep farming country with lapwings and curlews scolding
: the cyclist passing too close to their nesting ground. Occasional dips
: give glimpses of the River Tummel far below. After a nice swoop down to
: the valley floor there's a short stretch of cycle track beside the trunk
: road, then the route turns away from the A9 on to the old road to
: Dunkeld. It's closed off to traffic by large earth mounds, but
: negotiable by bike. After a mile or so the reason for the closure
: becomes obvious: the floods of a couple of summers ago have swept large
: parts of the road down the hillside, leaving some narrow stretches of
: tarmac perched on the edge of raw looking gullies.
Like this;
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~bgfinlay/pix/apr02/Photo(2).jpg
Blair.
: Yesterday I cycled from Pitlochry down to Crieff. I tell you this for
: no special reason, just to gloat about the beautiful part of the country
: I'm privileged to live in. The first leg takes the high road out of
: Pitlochry to the east of the modern A9, climbing and twisting on narrow
: roads through sheep farming country with lapwings and curlews scolding
: the cyclist passing too close to their nesting ground. Occasional dips
: give glimpses of the River Tummel far below. After a nice swoop down to
: the valley floor there's a short stretch of cycle track beside the trunk
: road, then the route turns away from the A9 on to the old road to
: Dunkeld. It's closed off to traffic by large earth mounds, but
: negotiable by bike. After a mile or so the reason for the closure
: becomes obvious: the floods of a couple of summers ago have swept large
: parts of the road down the hillside, leaving some narrow stretches of
: tarmac perched on the edge of raw looking gullies.
Like this;
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~bgfinlay/pix/apr02/Photo(2).jpg
Blair.
