Dear friends. Today's wrap-up of August is a different post than usual. Instead of writing about what I did on each day, I'm sharing a picture.
We cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats, the length of mainland Britain, in August (covered in this post), and I had lots of scenic photos I didn't have room to share.
Thanks to fellow riders Steve Waplington, David George and David Hamilton for many of the photos. My own are marked * in the caption.
SATURDAY AUGUST 3
Arrived in Penzance by train, transferred to Land's End in Cornwall.
SUNDAY AUGUST 4 LAND'S END TO TRURO*
A fine view of St Michael's Mount at the first refreshments stop of the tour.
MONDAY AUGUST 5: Truro to Launceston
The village of St Tudy where we had a picnic lunch*
TUESDAY AUGUST 6: LAUNCESTON TO TIVERTON
Okehampton Castle, built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7: TIVERTON TO CHEDDAR via Taunton
THURDAY AUGUST 8: CHEDDAR TO COLEFORD (GLOUCESTERSHIRE) via Bristol, the Severn Bridge
Ashton Court Estate in Bristol with 850 acres of woods and grasslands in total, designed by Humphry Repton.
FRIDAY AUGUST 9: COLEFORD TO WORCESTER, WORCESTERSHIRE
SATURDAY AUGUST 10: WORCESTER TO IRONBRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE via Bewdley Museum, Much Wenlock. Below: the beautiful village of Ironbridge*
SUNDAY AUGUST 11: IRONBRIDGE TO HARTFORD, CHESHIRE via Nantwich (pictured)*
MONDAY AUGUST 12: HARTFORD TO MELLOR, GREATER MANCHESTER
TUESDAY AUGUST 13: MELLOR TO KIRKBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14: KIRKBY LONSDALE TO TALKIN, CUMBRIA
THURSDAY AUGUST 15: TALKIN TO CARDRONA, SCOTLAND*
FRIDAY AUGUST 16: REST DAY, CARDRONA NEAR PEEBLES. Below: the view as I waited for the bus to Peebles*
Laurie MacKinnon, piper, at the Scottish International Footgolf championships, Macdonald Cardrona Hotel (Instagram: @awanderingpiper)*
SATURDAY AUGUST 17: CARDRONA TO KINROSS, PERTHSHIRE via the Firth of Forth Bridge, Edinburgh
SUNDAY AUGUST 18: KINROSS TO BRIDGE OF CALLY VIA Perth, Scone Palace, Meikleour beech hedge
MONDAY AUGUST 19: BRIDGE OF CALLY TO TOMINTOUL via Glenshee, Lecht Pass
TUESDAY AUGUST 20: TOMINTOUL TO INVERNESS via the Clava Cairns, Grantown on Spey, Culloden battlefield. Below: from Clava Cairns, a Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21: INVERNESS TO LAIRG via Kessock Bridge, Bonar Bridge, Dornoch Firth Viewpoint, Falls of Shin (below)*
THURSDAY AUGUST 22: LAIRG TO BETTYHILL. via the Crask Inn, the most isolated pub in the UK.
FRIDAY AUGUST 23: BETTYHILL TO JOHN O'GROATS. Below: Dunnet Bay*
I hope you enjoyed my pictorial review. Do any of the places shown have a special place in your heart? Do tell in the comments.
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