Ride 19/02/2023

Well it’s a slightly better day than yesterday, a bit warmer, not raining but we did have stronger winds, which meant again a head wind all the way to the cafe stop. I started early again to get some extra mileage, looking to do about 65 miles today. I headed down to Dalgety Bay and along to Carineyhill before heading back to Dunfermline to meet up at the start point for the bun run. Slightly better turn out today, 10 of us, so I lead the way (headwind) to the cafe stop. We meet up with Rachel at Powmill and Ken at the cafe stop for the usual coffee and cake. Ken joined us for the leg home where we would have a tailwind blowing us home. I then followed Ken back to Dalgey Bay and back up to Crossgates and home, thus clocking up 66 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph.

Ride 18/02/2023

It’s a very cold wet day and given weather conditions, thanks to storm Otto, I wasn’t holding out much hope of many people turning up for the ride. In the end there were 5 of us, even with all the layers on I still got very cold hands and was grateful for the cafe stop. It rain most of the way to the cafe stop but did eventually stop afterwards. I had the usual scrambled egg roll and orange juice and got a chance to warm up and dry my gloves out a bit. The road back was against a small head wind but not enough to bother me but given the weather I wasn’t going to be doing any extra today. So it was straight home for me thus clocking up 45 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph and a hot shower

Ride 12/02/2023

First club randonee of the year and 12 or us were on the ride. We would be doing a 100 km loop from Dunfermline to Kelty then to Leslie and over Falkland hill down to Auchtermuchty for a cafe stop. Then continuing over Glentarkie hill down to Abernethy and up Glenfarg to Milnathort. We would then head for Cleish and finally up and over Knockhill. Weather wise it was dry, not too windy or cold so we had decent weather for the ride. The cafe stop would be at our favourite one in Auchtermuchty were I had soup, cake and coffee, needed the fuel Some nice climbs today, not too steep or high, so I was able to go up then at a good pace. I was looking to do the usual 75 miles today so rather than heading back to Dunfermline, I headed right through it and onto Dalgety Bay to knock out the extra 10 miles that I would need. So all in all a good days ride with some excellent climbing, nearly 5000 feet and clocking up 77 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph.

Ride 11/02/2023

Another windy day but at least a dry, not too cold one. 16 of us on the bun run so we split into 2 groups, I was in the first group of 7. Surprisingly by the time we got to the cafe stop we were down to 3! the rest had pulled off and headed home. It was a head wind all the way to the cafe stop so I lead all the way there, maybe that was why some turned off Anyway the usual at the cafe stop and I joined the second group since there was no point the 3 of us continuing on our own.On the way home Ken took a different route home but I still went home via Dalgety Bay just to get the mileage I was after which was 55 miles. So I got my mileage tally at an avg of 16 mph, roll on tomorrows first Club Randonee

Ride 05/02/2023

It’s a bright sunny no wind day but frigging freezing, I started early again to do some extra at it was -2 degrees 🥶 I was going to do the loop over Knockhill via Cleish so I put the hammer down to stay warm, thus clocking up 22 miles by the time I hit the meet up point in Dunfermline. 8 people turned up today but by the time we got going I was frozen again and I didn’t warm up until I hit Knockhill for the second time. Usual route to the cafe stop for coffee and cake and we meet up with Robert on the way there who didn’t want to start at the same time as us and took the short cut to the cafe stop. At the cafe stop we meet up with Ken who had also gone a different route, so by the time we got going again we were 10. Thankfully by the time we got going again we were into positive figures temperature wise but it wasn’t any higher than 4 degrees by the time I got home again. I followed Ken down to Dalgety Bay and back up to Dunfermline again to round off my 75 mile target, averaging 15 mph but with over 4000 feet of climbing which is a good workout for me.

Ride 04/02/2023

Bit of a dull windy day but at least it’s dry. So 11 of us on the bun run today doing the usual route to the cafe for rolls and coffee. Bit of a head wind on the way to the cafe stop but at least we would have a tail wind on the way home. No Ken today so I didn’t go via Dalgety bay but to get my 50 miles I went home via Kelty and Cowdenbeath thus getting my distance at an avg speed of just under 16 mph.