General Wade Bridge, Aberfeldy

A bright, sunny day.
 
The weather improved, so my son and his family hired bicycles and set of for Grantully.We followed them in a more appropriate fashion for us, by car. We stopped off at the main Bridge over the Tay in Aberfeldy, which is also often known as "General Wade's Bridge", and was one of around 40 important bridges built by by General Wade as part of a network of 250 miles of new roads built across the Highlands in the aftermath of the 1715 Jacobite uprising. The aim was to provide much better overland communications between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and ensure that a future Jacobite rebellion was less likely: or, if one occurred, that Government troops could move around the country much more easily to suppress it. In fact, the new roads were initially of help to Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 uprising.
 
We also played a round of putting in the sunshine. The scores would not have allowed us to play in any future Open Championship.
 
We met up with the family and visited the Highland Chocolate Factory - but managed to resist indulging ourselves.