Pitlochry to Killin (delayed broadcast)

39 miles (62.5km)

A fairly long day that started and finished in the rain, but had some lovely patches of sunshine in the middle - including when we stopped for pasta on the banks of a river. The second half of our ride was along Loch Tay, at the western end of which is Killin. There's a road on both sides of the loch; one is an A road, which is probably consistently well-paved and fairly flat. I wouldn't know. The southern side has a smaller road, which is where Sustrans directed us; having ridden a bit of an A road earlier in the day, I was thankful for that (people drive fast on A roads! Nasty!). However, our road clearly doesn't get that much attention from the road improvement people. Just when you get to to the top of a hill and think you can relax a bit on the descent, the road turns into corrugations... and when it's also raining, well, that's just a bit too much fun for me.

To get into the town of Killin, you cross a bridge over the Falls of Drochart (one of the rivers that feeds the Loch):



Our accommodation is lovely, although there is basically no reception in our little dale (hence the delayed broadcast).