Day 12, Inverurie to Edinburgh

Barely on the bikes, when we stopped for fuel, 3/4 of a mile up the road. Getting away from Inverurie and Aberdeen meant dual carriageway. It wasn't long though before we we on single carriageway roads and tracking the coast, well, after a fashion. We'd had some issues with Tomtom reading a higher mileage than the route planner, which was a bit of a worry for fuel stops. I couldn't explain it.  We'd not been on the coast road long when Tomtom took us inland, onto the A90. Tomtom sometimes does its own thing if you don't have enough waypoints in. A stop at a garage, so Grizzly could have a coffee allowed me to work out a plan and it wasn't long before we were back at the coast, through Montrose and Arbroath. Clearing Dundee, Tomtom seemed to have a grip again.

The weather was very good  and we were enjoying the ride, then it all seemed to unravel when we got to St Andrews. It's a quant old town but heaving with people and cars. We were caught in a traffic jam for a while. Out the other side we were bowling along nicely but the mileage seemed to be even more than it had been,  so we made another fuel stop for Grizzly to top up. I had plenty in the tank. 

Checking the route against Tomtom again, it appeared we we somewhere we should never have been. The reason,  I soon discovered, one of my waypoints was in the sea! Doh!

Eventually we were back on track and stopped for the loo at a lovely little beach in a place called Elie (below). We had thought about food but the pub/restaurant was full and had a queue. In the event, we stopped at a petrol station and had a sandwich. 

Our next stop was on the outskirts of Edinburgh at Queensferry but not before another Tomtom diversion! Another fuel stop, then we parked up in the shadow of the Forth Rail Bridge, an iconic structure. 

Just up the road is the Ferry brewery. It would have been rude to ride right by and not stop,  so I popped into the shop and bought a bottle. Might exchange it for a cuppa and sarnie in Hythe next week maybe?

We arrived at our hotel to be almost immediately greeted by a chap, who advised us to park the bikes by the front railings, and handed us a chain, to chain to them. Edinburgh it seems is a hotspot for bike thefts. A nice touch.

Tonight is our last in Jockland and tomorrow we are heading for Stockton-on-Tees. Back in England as they take on Ukraine in Euro 2020. Come on England.