S10 Ep150: Explore | Tour d'Écosse stage 8: Leith – Dunfermline

S10 Ep150: Explore | Tour d'Écosse stage 8: Leith – Dunfermline

By The Cycling Podcast

After some initial confusion about which bridge would take them from Edinburgh across to Fife, Lionel and Simon’s Tour d’Écosse journey continues with stage eight.

It’s a relatively short stage but there’s a deceptive amount of climbing on the course today and Simon is beginning to feel it. His efforts to slow Lionel down come to nothing.

Tired legs does not explain the sinking feeling the pair get when they reach Cowdenbeath…

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