Day 2, Marycutler Scotland

Most people think the bike is the most important part of a bike ride, they are wrong. The seat is by far the most critical thing. We are riding on decent bikes provided by our tour group in Scotland but there is no way I would take a chance on the provided seat. By the way, cyclists don’t call it a “seat” it is properly called a “saddle” but every time I say saddle I picture little stirrups attached. I bring my own seat, my peddles which love my shoes attached and my gps. The rest is just the bike

So far we haven’t ridden, just drove from Edinburgh to outside Aberdeen where we spent the night at the Maryculter House Hotel, former home of the Knights Templars in the 12th and 13th century. The original structure has a 1225 date. We held our nightly meeting in this wonderful room. There was a wedding going on and all these gorgeous men in kilts kept walking through our meeting. Think they ought to start wearing them at home, very handsome indeed. I supposedly had the only room with a proven ghost but either I slept through it or she never appeared.