Ride 22/06/2024 100 miles Loch Earn

Today we decided to move away from the normal bun run ride and do a 100 miles ride around Loch Earn since it was going to be a good weather day. Although it was overcast for most of the morning the sun did make an appearance after lunchtime and it was clear blue sky’s all the way home. We would start at the usual spot in Dunfermline before heading over Knockhill and heading up Glendevon before dropping back down again to Gleneagles. From here we headed for Crieff before turning west towards Loch Earn and straight into a headwind. Thankfully once through Comrie we would be stopping at our first cafe stop from some refreshments, which meant in my case a roll that practically had everything on it, beacon, egg, lorne sausage and hash brown followed by cake 😊 With me leading the crew we headed around Loch Earn and up to Strathyre and then back down to Callander where we stopped for lunch which consisted of soup, coffee and cake again (you can never have too much cake 😁) After lunch we then headed for Doune, Bridge of Allan and Stirling where we had our final stop for some ice cream, since it was now sunny and hot 😋 before heading back home the usual coastal route up into Dunfermline. So 116 miles clocked up at an avg speed of over 16 mph, a good steady pace for me given all the cycling I’ve done this week.