Sun 22nd February 09 - EUCC trip to Inchcolm

Meeting at the lock up slightly late in the morning after a breakfast of scrambled eggs on crumpet we had a little argument over whether to go to Stanley (the only river with water in) or a paddle in the sea (no surf).

Sea won out in the end so Me, Morgan, Beth, Mae, Adam, Calum Mackenzie and Kindra set out in the minibus with brake lights on the trailer that flashed when Morgan indicated left and not a lot else we headed for Incholm island.
Starting from the silver sands we headed west along the bay until near the tanker port quay then beelined it out to the island. None of us being in fast boats meant this wasn't a fast process but we all go there safely and after saying hi to some seals we had a small picnic outside the abbey.

Just before we left some of us ran up the little hill to get the picture on the right. Heading back was very choppy and involved missing one oil tanker being towed in to dock. All in all a nice trip, with a fair bit of sun and a high tide timed perfectly.

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Sat 21st February 09 - Round Pentland Cycle

Pedalled round the pentlands with Morgan, wasn't the greatest cycle ever due to a strong headwind on the way there and a slight bit of rain on the way back.

Reached a village called Carnwath: it had a few shops and I tried the interesting combination of (reduced) hot cross buns with (reduced) tuna and sweetcorn sandwich filling. Managed to take in a days worth of calories over lunch alone, fairly quickly as well since the war memorial we were sitting on wasn't a great seat, not completely sheltered from the wind.

During the cycle we managed to go through 4 counties! Edinburgh (obviously), Borders, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian.

Finished with an amazing amount of downhill in the dark (no lights). A healthy 63 miles in total.