This is the man who made us search for the track, I'd met him earlier in the week when I was out alone and got talking to him as he was riding an ebike as well. We got talking about tracks each of us was unaware of and he mentioned a track that came in between East Kip and Scald Law. In return I took him down a track he didn't know about from West Kip down to the Howe so it was fair exchange! I'd assumed he was a fair bit older than me a warned him to take care....it turned out he was 8 years younger!!!
So it was that Barrie, Dougie and myself set off on Friday forenoon to search for this track only for Dougies' bike to have a puncture shortly after we set out, however Barrie came to the rescue with his unique puncture repair kit and we were soon on the move again.
The last climb before we reached West Kip where Dougie turned back as he had a lunch date with his mother... and nobody is ever late for a date with their mum!
Barrie and I found the elusive track and soon were on the climb to the summit of Scald Law the highest point in the Pentland Hills
The trig point atop Scald Law on a cold but sunny November day
Cycling over the top of all the stones at the summit of Carnethy Hill
The view from the summits of the Pentland Hills is spectacular on a sunny day and well worth the effort to get there, which is considerably easier on an ebike by the way!!
A great days biking, and now we need to find the track up from Eastside Farm on the south side of the Pentlands, that might be my quest this week, hopefully the weather is good!
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