Ride 08/11/2026 Nov Randonee – Windygates

9 of us on this months Randonee to Windygates and weather wise it’s pretty much the same as yesterday but no rain 🙂 Todays route would take us through Crossgates, Auchtertool, Kirkcaldy, Buckhaven and into Windygates, which has been quite some time since I’ve been here. We would then go through the Balgonie’s, Thornton, Kinglassie and just before we hit Scotlandwell we would stop at our cafe stop at Lochend Farm shop where I had my usual coffee and cake (Raspberry crumble 😋 ). We would then do a loop around Loch Leven before heading back home via Kelty and Cowdenbeath, thus clocking up 60 miles at an avg speed of 15 mph.

Ride 07/11/2026

10 on the bun run this morning and weather wise it’s not bad, little wind, not cold and for the most part dry, although it was forecast to rain, which it did towards the end of the ride. I joined the first group today doing the normal route down to the cafe stop, and we were lucky with the weather as it stayed dry, but I was still in full wet gear mode in preparation of the impending rain. I had the usual coffee and cake at the cafe stop before we headed back home. Given the conditions today we opted to just do the usual route over Knockhill rather than via Milnathort, and it was as we were going over Knockhill that the rain started. Thankfully not too heavy and I had my rain jacket so I wasn’t soaked by the time I got home. So 47 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph.

Ride 01/11/2026

12 of us on the bun run this morning and weather wise it was quite good 😊 sunny, little wind and not cold, surprising for November. Anyway, rather than the usual route we did a different one heading for the cafe stop at the Coffee Bothy, which meant we would be skipping out Knockhill and taking a mostly flat route. Having taken a week off cycling for Marcus and the kids, doing an easier route was fine with me, besides it’s been a while since I’ve been to the Coffee Bothy. At the cafe stop I had a bagel with avocado and tomato, coffee and Toffee Sludge cake which was delicious 😋 For our route back home we went via the Pineapple and Airth before crossing the Kincardine bridge and following the coastal route back to Dunfermline. So overall I did 55 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph on what turned out to be a great ride for this time of year 😁