Ride 14/05/2023 Dunning Randonee

Today was May’s Randonee and there were 6 of us on the run. Weather forecast was for rain so I dressed appropriately which turned out to be a bit overkill given that it didn’t rain Anyhow our route today would be going over Knockhill, through Glendevon and along to Dunning for our cafe stop. Then we would be heading for Bridge of Earn and over some lumpy stuff through Wicks o’Baiglie before heading around Loch Leven and then back up and over Knockhill again. After yesterdays 100 mile ride I wasn’t looking to go too hard today especially since we would be doing a lumpy ride over just shy of 4500 feet of elevation. To start with we would have a cross wind and a tailwind to the cafe stop which was nice. For lunch I had soup, coffee and cake before we carried on towards Bridge of earn. The tough part was next, although Wicks o’Baiglie is not a long climb, its quite sharp to begin at 12% before it levels out towards the top, then you have some undulations before heading towards Loch Leven. Unfortunately once around Loch Leven we had a stiff headwind heading back through Cleish and along to Knockhill before the final climb up Knockhill. So overall it was a good ride with a few spots of rain that never came to anything clocking up 77 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph.