Ride 08/08/2021

Well suffice to say it was a wee bit wet today. The ride started in the rain but stopped after the first 30 mins and was a little sunny after that, so for most of the ride I was dry, but the last 10 miles were just wow! We did the usual route to start with but decided at the cafe stop to do a little extra so after the cafe stop we headed into Stirling and then doubled back on ourselves and headed home the normal route. I wanted to do 70 miles today but given the weather I knew I would be pushing my luck a bit. When I past my home heading towards to Auchtertool I could see the black clouds and new I was in for a soaking but not as bad as the one I got. The second I hit Lochgelly the heavens opened up big time. It was like I was back in Vietnam cycling in the monsoon rains, crater sized rain drops hammering down so hard I was soaked in an instant. It was hard to see where I was going so I had to slow down as I tried to clear the rain from my eyes. No point wearing glasses at this time as they were useless, so I just soldiered on. By the time I got to Cowdenbeath it had eased up a little bit to the point I could see where I was going but this had caused flash flooding and was still chucking it down. Heading along the road to Hill of Beath the road was now flooded and there was no way around it so I just ploughed through the floods which turned out to be a lot deeper than I thought! I was now riding through water deep enough to submerge my feet, a wee bit concerning, hoping I didn’t run into a pot holes or get stranded in the middle of it Anyway I made it home thoroughly soaked, feet swimming in the water in my shoes but thankfully it wasn’t cold otherwise I would be in trouble. 72 miles clocked up and a hot shower to dry me off, so to speak