Scotia Take Two

Had to swap my day off for some reason that escapes me but instead of the normal Monday off it was to be Thursday, so you can guess how this story starts? yep correct weather was lovely Monday, infact nice all the way up to Thursday when it blew a gale all day and we spent most of it dodging showers!!! however not to be deterred I was going to add to my Scotia challenge check points come what may.

The first check point was an AA box situated near Bancory, Aberdeenshire. This took some finding as we took the wrong road into bancory for the checkpoint (forgot to take map) still after a bit of faffing and a little help form a DPD delivery man we found it.

Next one was found by accident. After riding what seemed like forever into a strong head wind we eventually came across Braemar and stopped for a cup of tea and a slice of Victoria sponge ( the Scotia challenge takes a lot out of you) but here it is the Memorial to the wellington bomber crew which crashed on a training flight in the area.

The pictures may look all nice and summery but believe me they don't tell the whole story of wind and rain that followed us on the journey.