A rather poorly attended Tuesday evening ride with only four of us out, for what was a (mostly) dry and reasonably warm winters night. Dean, Donald, myself and another rider I can’t recall rode along the westie, climbing up just to the top of Rocky and Rooty. The route down was littered with a number of fallen branches which made some of the normal lines much more interesting than normal.

Riverside wasn’t in the best shape with some sections having become rather boggy again (more trail maintenance required i think). At this point a maxle stripping caused our party to reduce to three and after saying our goodbyes, we continued on the westie to the Glengoyne distillery and came back along the pipe track which took about an hour.

We had just climbed the hill between Strathblane and Mugdock when the heavens opened and we were totally soaked. At this point we decided that we couldn’t get any wetter and just headed down the normal route to Milngavie: Snaky et al.

Hey. Anybody recommend some good bothy bike routes for me to take on in 2013. I know where all the Scottish bothies are located but looking for some feedback on the best routes to link up with overnight bothy stays.

Cheers

Al

for a great weekend in Dales! good company, nice trails and pretty good weather too :-). hope you all made it back home ok. Could Graham and Chris upload the pictures at some point? Thanks. Paivi and Dave ( who left his pedals on the hire bike :-))