We have spent a lovely weekend at Boat of Garten with Alison and Hugh. Saturday was cycling and Sunday was walking. The other three are brilliant cyclists and by the time we had cycled only about three kilometres I was already lagging behind. Part of the reason for this (apart from my lack of fitness!) was that I was finding the day very warm and humid. So I told the others that I would cycle back to the house and meet them by car for scones at their destination of Inverdruie. I cycled round the corner with a light heart and almost immediately fell off my bike. I’m still not quite sure what happened; I think I perhaps touched the spokes of the wheel with my foot and then panicked and pulled on the front brake. The result of this was that the bike stopped dead but I kept going forward over the handle bars. I remember thinking “Uh oh!” as I fell. Luckily I was mostly fine although covered in unsightly grazes (chin, arm) and bruises (thigh, toe). A passing cyclist kindly assisted me over to the nearby Boat Hotel where the staff brought out coffee and a first aid kit. They were Lithuanian and so nice. The bike was damaged so I walked back to the house and then met the others as planned. Later we all went by car to retrieve the bike which gave us a good excuse for a few beers sitting outside the Boat Hotel in the warm afternoon. And as a bonus Hugh even repaired it for me!
Our Sunday walk was a very pleasant 12 km round trip from Boat of Garten to Carrbridge and back. This also involved coffee and yummy scones at the Carrbridge Kitchen. There really should be a coffee shop on every walk.
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