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Where the Queen goes to church when staying at Balmoral 2006:06:03 10:45:03 Two (random) pictures from day 8's part of the gallery. Click for larger thumbnails Click on any image to get a bigger picture in a new window; from this you can click on "prev" or "next" to see the previous or next picture. You can also click on the "more" link to view the gallery.

Day 8: The Grampions

Wing walking (not us) The plane in the distance. Ominous clouds threaten

So the last Tour day. This was probable the best day as far as riding is concerned, on a route through the Grampians.

As often seemed to happen, Peter spotted something out of the usual, some planes taking people up wing-walking, so we stopped to have a look. Although we were parked in sunshine, the view in front was of rain, but this is Scotland.

Crathie Church John Brown's gravestone

Continuing, we passed through Balmoral, and into Crathie. There we met up with Steve, a policeman I met on my Hebrides trip last year. He was up touring with his wife, so it was nice to meet her. They stayed with us for a while.

At Crathie, we visited the church the Queen uses when she stays at Balmoral. In the graveyard, amongst many well-known names, there was the grave of John Brown, Queen Victoria's "friend".

Lunch at Glenshee We are joined by a local Bikes neatly parked Trees in the landscape

On to Glenshee, where the sun came out while we ate lunch. And I realised (I'm a bit slow, sometimes) that there were trees in the landscape, quite a change from the Shetlands where there were absolutely none.

Bridge over ... ... Rumbling Bridge Gorge

The last landmark of note was the Rumbling Bridge Gorge. Here the road goes over a bridge. This bridge is built on a lower bridge that goes over a gorge. The water is about 120 feet below the road, and makes a low-pitched rumbling sound.

Our final leg of the tour took us back to Linlithgow.

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