Ride 06/10/2024 Oct Randonee

9 of us on the Randonee this morning and weather wise I was expecting it to be a wet one as forecast but actually it was dry all the way around 😮 so happy days 😀 I planned this one to be a easy ride with not much elevation in it, although it would be a 100 km ride for most and over 70 miles for me, but I was prepared. I lead a good chunk of the ride which meant I could ride at my pace and not blow me or other members of the group up, so it was mostly zone 2, over 2 hours of it 😊 It was decided we would go to the Smiddy as our cafe stop, so following the usual bun run route up to Clackmannanshire bridge and the crossing over it into Airth we headed for the Pineapple and along the flatland’s into Cowie and Bannockburn. Along to Cambusbarron and heading towards Gargunnock we headed for Blair Drummoud and our cafe stop just next to it. We were there a bit early for lunch, so I couldn’t get my usual soup so had to contend with a scrambled egg roll, a cup of coffee and coffee cake to get by with. After the cafe stop we headed back into Stirling and again along a flat course heading for our usual cafe stop (although not stopping there) and back home via Saline hill, the only hill climb in the route 😉 It was then back down to Dunfermline and home, thus clocking up 73 miles at an avg speed of 16 mph, and getting home feeling like I’m still in one piece, so all in all a good days ride 😀