Another beautiful day in Scotland! From Burntisland to Edinburgh we followed great cycle paths found on the national cycle network site. Especially the segment along the Firth of Forth to the Forth Road Bridge was beautiful. On mix of narrow gravel, dirt, and paved roads, we were not as quick as on regular roads, but that was ok, since it would be a shorter day with only about 54km distance.
Back when Reece and Anne did this segment in 1948, they could not cycle over the Firth, but had to take the ferry from Queensferry: The road bridge that we took was only built in the Sixties.
On the bridge, we ran into Greg, a fellow bike traveler that started his tour two weeks ago in Ireland. He will also head south to end up in Slovenia, so we might run into him again I think!
In Edinburgh, we went straight to the Brewdog pub for great beer and pizza for lunch. You know, food for sports. Liz had the excellent Jet Black Heart (on nitro) and I had a very fresh Punk IPA. Mmmmh. Liz stayed in the pub reading her New Yorkers while I went back into town to find replacement slippers since mine were falling apart (the beach walk did them in).
Finally, we cycled through the rush hour traffic south to Loanhead where we’ll stay the night in a nice AirBnB. Tomorrow will be a longer day again, distance-wise.
The 1948 Tour 
Always so cool to meet a fellow biker (or hiker, in my case)!
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