The cycle track basically runs parallel to the A9 but is rough in a few places so you need to be careful.
Although I took Ibruprofen for breakfast my left knee was still giving me jip but I just put a brave face on and pretended I was ok but Im sure Phil could see that me trailing him for most of the way south that something wasn't right.
Spectacular mountainous scenery kept my mind off my dodgy knee and we cracked onto Pitlochry passing what look like a number of Lands End John O'Groats cyclists looking somewhat cold and shattered... they were heading for dark clouds and high terrain where we were heading in a downwards direction to fair skies only to be caught by a short heavy shower just before Pitlochry.
Hot soup and a Toastie and we were off again as the mountains with snow gave way to rolling countryside and our only Football stadium of the day at Perth (St Johnstone).
A quick photo and we were off again heading for Auchterarder. It appears that any road out of Perth means you have at least 1 mile of steady uphill climb.
5 miles short of our destination we were bombarded with hail stones and face mask was duly lifted to the nose position. Actually.... I prefer hailstones to rain as they bounce off you but it was bitterly cold.
A couple of rounds of Thunder were chucked in to keep us on our toes and pedal faster to Auchterarder.
Bottle of wine, box of chocs and a bunch of Flowers to hand we stopped at my cousin and his wife for our overnight stop.
A very kind thank you to Alan & Christine for hosting us - very much appreciated and good fun walking their dogs.
85 miles done and countless clubs to tackle in the central belt tomorrow with our friend Craig joining us - the question is can we keep up with him?
View on Auchterarder Golf course from where our overnight stop was.
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