Ride 14/08/2022

Another glorious day of cycling, this time in the borders. The club monthly randonee was today starting in Peebles heading to Moffat and the loops back to Peebles again. There were 11 of us today and it was a hot sunny day from the get go, which suited me fine This months randonee would have us doing about 70 miles through some stunning scenery in the Scottish boarders. There wasn’t a lot of climbing and what there was, was shallow and long, so it was a bit of a drag up for some people but quite easy for me. We stopped in Moffat for our lunch stop, soup, sandwich and Jersey cream biscuit were the order of the day, with a coke to wash it down. After the stop we headed back to peebles in basically a loop only with less climbing in it. It was a hot day with temperatures reaching 30 degrees but whilst cycling we had a cool breeze so I didn’t get very hot, at least compared to some of the other riders who said it was too hot, I suppose cycling in the likes of Vietnam and Cambodia prepare you for that So 70 miles clocked up today at an avg of just under 17 mph.