Ride 16/07/2023

Stupidly windy day and again the forecast was for stormy weather, so I took the winter bike again and my wet gear. I started early to get some extra in, I was looking for some elevation this morning so I headed up Knockhill to get that before heading back into Dunfermline to meet the group, I’d clocked up 22 miles doing that in the morning. Given the horrendous weather I wasn’t expecting many to turn up and was surprise to see 10 of us this morning. Same shite as yesterday, no rain, it stayed dry all day which was nice if not for the bloody wind We would be headwind all the way to the cafe stop and we started by going up Knockhill as per usual which meant this was the second time for me today I was at the front for the climb but slipped back into the group once over it. The usual coffee and cake at the cafe stop before we headed back home with a great tailwind Ken and I went home via Dalgety Bay and I headed back up to Crossgates and did a little bit in Dunfermline to get the 75 mile mark that I was after. So given the weather and wind I got my 75 miles at an ave speed of 16 mph with just over 4000 feet of climbing