3 seasons in one day....

It was a funny day today. We'd arranged that the bigman would collect me and we'd head out for an hour and a half on the bike before soup and sanies at mine.

We left in Spring, had a glimpse of summer and headed home in Autumn having completed just over 40km in the hour and a bit out round the Clackmannan / Carnock circuit. It's a great route. The first 12 km is on the cycle track - great because you can blether. At the end of the track you turn towards Clackmannan, past the castle and then on to the wee road that links it through the green fields to Kincardine. Flat, wide and no cars - fab!

The road was shut due to roadworks - little evidence of much ongoing work but the carriageway had been ripped apart and we picked our way through rubble to Kincardine. The cycle route through Kincardine is pretty well signposted, yet still I almost took out the bigman on a left turn he realised I hadn't seen and then he turned off in the wrong direction - concentration was at a premium today!

We decided as we pedalled round to venture to Skye for the Skye Sportive which will be held in Portree.



It's a 95 mile trip with one or two wee hills - to quote Scooby Doo - Yikes!




The website is http://www.handsonevents.co.uk/Events/Skye/skye.htm which will give you more details of the race.

The Fit One is considering coming up and maybe Santiago will join the party with a bit of luck!

So I've booked Saucy Mary's for the pre-race banter and we're looking forward to a wee west coast adventure!

So no blowouts, punctures or ice cream. Life is back to normal. Normal can be so good!