6 of us on the bun run today and weather wise it was wet. It was raining a little when I started the ride but after we meet up at the start point the rain had stopped and it was dry and warm. So in the end this was a ride of 2 halfs. We decided to do an alternative route today and thus ended up doing the packers lane route into Bannockburn and beyond to our cafe stop at the Smiddy near Blair Drummond. We were going at a fairly easy pace, which was fine for me, I could do with the recovery from this week’s events. At the cafe stop soup, coffee and cake were had and what a great meal it was supplemented by the very large portion of Almond and Orange sponge cake that I had 😁 unfortunately for us the rain had come on at this point so I was glad I had my wet gear to keep me dry, for a little bit anyway. The ride home was a very wet affair, it was like riding the Wednesday TT race again, only this time I wasn’t smashing myself silly style, so it was a lot more tolerable. Of course that didn’t stop me from getting soaked again 😕 and I had upped the pace a little bit to get home a bit quicker. We basically returned home via the hill foots before going over Knockhill and back down to Dunfermline, again thankfully there wasn’t too much wind around, I was getting a little bit cold, but I did warm up a bit going over Knockhill (put the hammer down going over that) 😉 So I actually ended up doing more miles that I was expecting but it was still a good day’s ride, despite the rain, and in the end I clocked up 75 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph.
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