had originally been planning an east of a9 mtb jaunt today. then when i heard it'd snowed a bit, a trip to the west. when that didn't happen it was off on the fixie around loch leven.
quick detour round glassmount due to roadworks, through the grantzone and a right turn deep into redfife before heading up through scotlandwell and eventually milnathort. not many flyers out.
back via kinross, the grantzone and the quarry road back to the diversion. wee stinker of a climb (on 44x18 at least) to meet standing stanes road and a cruel headwind up to the top of the col de montquey. spinyourtitsoff back home again.
training tune of the day: red fang - prehistoric dog
(source: stevil)
oh. and well done to friend of hell-on-wheels finlay who is off to the sundance film festival with his (and co-director adrian's) film ma bar.
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Our boy Mr Pretsell was on the teevee recently too (Moving Pictures, beeb), though I missed it.
The "wee stinker" is probably Bernards Smithy and one of my favourite climbs round here. :-)
the road up and over from bernard's smithy is shut at the mo'. wee stinker climbs up from the b9157 (quarry road) to manorleys. not much too it, but steep enough after 40 odd miles...
Manorleys climb is a bit of a sod. I think I rode down it last time and usually take a different route up that hill.
Thanks for the heads up about Bernards Smithy - I was going to go up there this afternoon to stretch my legs after the trailbuilding.
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