12th Evening Ride - VH/innocent/Portobello/Musselburgh/Prestonpans/Whitecraig/River Esk/NCR1 to Edinburgh for post ride drinks. 22.5 miles in all.
Date |
Leader |
Text |
Photos |
Trace |
Sunset |
Thu 12 Jul |
Neil |
Jim |
Jim
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Jim |
21:43 |
Highlights
- 13 riders on a sunny day took the Innocent down to Bruntstane Rd which led us to Portbello.
- Eastwards to Musselburgh and F|isherrow then Prestonpans
- Southwards past the School, Rail station and Johnnie Cope Road
- Now the interesting bit. We started to climb Birtley Brae. (pronounced birley, though it didn't spin much).
- Birtley starts as an easy climb and gets steeper as it ascends. The lead had an interesting trick of riding faster as the gradient increased.
- At the top lay Fa'side castle, followed by a precipitous drop to the A1 near Wallyford.
- A quick scoot to the path behind Musselburgh Golf course
- Return via the well ridden Innocent to the Meadows,
- And a fine pint in the 'Apothecary', a pub in Lister Square behind Middle Meadow Walk.


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