I spent most of Sunday (9hrs 24mins to be precise) cycling round most of Fife in the Dalmeny 210K Audax. It was a great day for cycling, starting off a wee bit chilly at 8am, but warming up nicely around lunch time when the sun came out and not very windy, though arm and leg warmers stayed on foe most of the time. It starts off across the Forth Road Bridge and then winds its way through a few iffy parts of Fife before heading through the Lomond Hills and down to Falkland for a stop at the bakers for some refuelling. Lots of lovely quiet country roads then followed on the way to Crail and then St.Andrews - this was about halfway, 65 miles. Bypassing the traffic jams by using the cycle path to Guardbridge, we then headed through Leuchars, Tayport and Wormit with a welcome refreshment stop at long term Audaxer George Berwick’s cottage in lovely sunny Balmerino. With the sun well out now it was a lovely cycle along the Firth of Tay to Newburgh and Abernethy, with great views of the “silvery Tay”. A drag up nice wooded Glenfarg passed well and then it was a bit of a drag through Milnathort and Kinross, but was eased by the great views of the Lomonds of Fife. On my own at this point I started to push on a bit on the mainly downhill last few miles. Coming across the Forth Bridge with a mile to go there were amazing views of the Forth Rail Bridge and the Firth of Forth below. I finished in a total time of 9h 24m, with about 45mins of stops. Mileage was 127 miles with 1925 metres ascent. Heart rate average was 108 bpm and calories were 3785. A fantastic day out.
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