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Morning view of
the Forth Railway Bridge from my tent |
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Wed and Thu there was hardly any wind
making cycling fairly easy. During the night the wind was quite
strong and a couple of the tent pegs pulled out. I wasn’t able to
get them far into the ground when pitching as the ground was frozen
solid. As I packed the tent away the ground had was less frozen and
the pegs came out easily. |
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I had a good view of the bridges in the
dark as they were well illuminated. I wheeled my bike back up to the
track and set off in the dull light. |
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I soon reached the main Dalmeny House
which looked very impressive, even in the low light. It dates from
1817 and is a very spectacular looking building. |
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The track
continued to a very muddy farm track then on to the public roads at Cramond
Bridge over the river Almond. I was fairly close to Edinburgh
Airport and many planes were flying low overhead either coming in to
land or take off. |
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The road continued through housing
estates then along a narrow path to emerge near the line of the old
railway. The cycle route runs along this railway for about 3 miles
before emerging near Haymarkey Railway Station. |
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My route then took
me a couple of miles through the roads of Edinburgh to reach
Princess Street and then down to Waverley Railway Station. I got
there at 09:50 and wheeled my bike inside to buy a ticket. I was
luck with the timing as I was able to catch the 10:08am Manchester
Airport train which took me to Preston. The single senior ticket was
£25.70. |
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Back at
Preston Railway Station |
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Return to
Whittle Wanderer
