Couldn't make it to France for the Albert Ball Blat...maybe next year...but did get out and do a sort of lap of the Cairngorms, from Aberdeen through Braemar, over Glenshee, by Forter to Glenisla then assorted back roads past Meikleour to Perth dropped in to RPM for a chat, got away without buying anything (distracted Russell by talking about racing) then up the A9 where unavoidable and the old A9 where possible to Aviemore, then Cairngorm, Nethy Bridge, Tomintoul, over the Lecht and back to Aberdeen. Apart from the first few miles it was tee-shirt and bare head the whole way under blue skies and not much traffic. Factor 50 on and just lightly suntanned. Photos in the Morgan Gallery.
