Ride 08/09/2024 Sep Randonee – California

8 of us on this months Randonee and we were heading for the usual route along to California. Weather wise it was over cast with some mist to start with but with very little wind and a pleasant warm day it was a good day to ride. We followed the usual coastal route to Kincardine Bridge before crossing the bridge into Skinflats and Falkirk. We had our first climb of the day up to Shieldhill before the the little climb up to California and the usual obligatory group photo 😊 It was then onto Avonbridge and our next climb up to Torphichen before we hit the undulations of the final road to Beegraigs and our cafe stop. Soup, coffee and cake were had at a busy cafe stop before we continued our way back to Dunfermline. From this point onward it was mostly downhill, with a small kick uphill to the road to Kingscavil, and then a long downhill section to Faucheldean. We then headed for Kirkliston, Queensferry and our crossing of the Forth road bridge before the final climb back up to Croassgates and home. So 55 miles clocked at an avg pace of 15 mph.