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	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.