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Post by barky on Dec 31, 2012 20:03:30 GMT
I'm heading out at 11am, a short ride including the pipe track. Main purpose for me is to clear my lungs out after a bit of a chest infection, so reasonably leisurely apart from the pipe track. I'll roll past Doyles at 11 and see if anybody is there. Looks like it'll clear up a bit around then. Balfron > Moor > Ballat Toll > Ward Toll > Pipe Track > Drymen > Gartness > Killearn > Balfron. vorum.freeforums.net/index.cgi?action=calendarview&thread=7
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Post by scout2012 on Dec 31, 2012 23:09:44 GMT
Hi Colin I could do with a spin so see you at 11.00
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Post by barky on Jan 1, 2013 10:24:50 GMT
See you there, all welcome for a cobweb blower and new year toxin remover.
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Post by barky on Jan 1, 2013 13:52:17 GMT
Nice ride today, only 4 of us out after the Hogmanay festivities, but a good introduction to the hills, with the Pipe Track on a sunny day, even a little heat out of the shade. Very few cars, lots of folks out walking & plenty of cyclists out & about, a grand day for a bike ride. 5 to 7 degrees, partly sunny, a bit windy, a wee spot drizzle.
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Post by Tom on Jan 1, 2013 22:21:00 GMT
Aye, that was super day out on the bike. I had intended to set out in the dark and catch the first light of the new year on 2 wheels - but it was crashing down when I looked out of the window at 8 so I put more coffee on and pottered till 10 or so by which time things looked way more optimistic out there. So a steady ride out to Balfron where I just made it in time to intercept David, Jim and Colin who had all made it to the rendezvous outside Doyles despite tales of last nights céilidh and all the convivialities of the season. We stuck to the plan and set off over the moor, took a right at Ballat as far as Ward Toll where Jim left us for a prearranged swally. We went left and then hauled ourselves over the Pipetrack which Colin had proscribed as some kind of expectorant/full-stop on his recent ailment. Was lovely up there today, not even that much spitting going on! Quick plummet into Drymen, then Gartness, Killearn and a right onto the Fintry road. Colin and David swung left for Balfron whilst I headed home over the Crow. The roads were remarkably quiet and convivial today with bikes, dogs and horses being more apparent than cars. Happy New Year to you all.
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