Ebikes aren't made for pushing up through deep heather (and they're too heavy to carry)

Off again up the Southern Upland Way to try and find the elusive track to link up to Gypsy Glen, the weather was not so pleasant this week ranging from occasional mist to occasional light drizzly rain with the temperature in the low 40s F.

We reached the steep climb we went up last week and Barrie confidently pointed out the track to the right he said was actually the correct one, so off we went up it.

We must have cycled nearly two miles up the track till it stopped and the walkers path which Barrie said we would have to push up to reach the top of Dun Rig (a hill) was nowhere to be seen! We did attempt to hike the bikes to look for it but deep heather and very steep terrain are not handy with an ordinary mountain bike never mind an ebike weighing twice as much! We abandoned the attempt and cycled back down cursing how much effort we'd wasted and set sail for the mast which we reached last week, but this time by a slightly easier route!

This photo was taken last week, hence the blue sky, showing the climb to the mast. From here we took a track down into the valley below and must have fried our brake pads again as it was bloody steep and rough, but at least we eventually saw signs for Peebles so at least we knew we were heading in the right direction.

About 4 miles from Peebles a woman in a car stopped us and warned that there was a parade of 40 or so horses we'd meet in the next few minutes, as it was we encountered 5 wee ponies! What happened to the rest of them? They're maybe looking for the same elusive track that we were!!