Ride 25/12/2021 Xmas Day

So it’s Christmas day and I’m on my own, so todays goal get as much elevation as I can in 60 miles which was about as much as I could be bothering cycling in the current weather. It’s a cold day and a windy one to boot which means the wind chill factor would be high so I tried to keep a North South route. I opted to Climb Knockhill, Dunning, Duncrievie, Cleish and finally Hill of Beath. This would be a non stop ride since nothings open so I took some extra munchies for the ride. Going over Knockhill was fine there was only a little bit of ice here and there and nothing that would worry me. Dunning on the other hand was a scary one since upon reach the top it had a light dusting of snow which made going down it a bit butt clenching. Once down to Dunning I would be head wind all the way to Bridge of Earn, this was not fun or pleasant, it was hard going and bloody cold, my saving grace being as I was riding hard I kept a little bit warm but my finger tips were suffering. I stopped at Bridge of Earn to get a bite to eat and try to warm my frozen fingers up. After my pit stop it was on to Duncrievie which is quite a steep climb at the beginning which kept me warm and most of the way down to Milnathort and Kinross but once there my fingers were getting cold again but I would be climbing Cleish and that soon warmed me up, it’s another steep climb at the beginning. Once past this it was onto Kelty and Hill of Beath, thankfully my fingers stayed cold but not freezing so I was happy to get to the bottom of Hill of Beath but I was a little short on mileage so it was a little loop around Mossmorran to get me my 60 plus miles and home. 64 miles clocked up but at an avg speed of 14 mph, but given all the hill climbing I was doing this was to be expected and I can’t complain I got nearly 4500 feet of climbing and that’s not bad for Christmas Day