Claimed some more tiles and roads today with a nice spin into a chilly easterly with a strong sun doing its best to both boil me in my warmers and chill me if I dared leave my jersey unzipped.
Out the village and up the Cadgers towards Kennoway with the first new road of the day being the cut along Baintown, prettier than Kennoway anyway.
A busier road drag then new road towards Leven before turning into a series of loops on the hillside above Lundin Links and Largo for road and tile bagging purposes, this had the altitude counter flying and by the time I finally got the other side of Largo Law I had most of the days climbing clocked up >700m in 35km.
With such a long lay off due to fucking my right leg (last year it was my left leg) just at the start of the cycling season it started to seem like I might have made a bit of a mistake, however as well as being home to civil servants that don't know their own rules Elie is home to a rarity, a flat(ish) bit of Fife and I was soon holding a decent speed around Shell Bay and Kinneuchar with the biggest concern being the climbing strain on my dodgy right ankle starting to show.
The track on Ruddons point proved to be unsuitable for skinny tyres and a gentle walk round eventually found a bench to rest the ankle.
Another new tile and new road bagged. I had planned to get here earlier but this was scunnered by a sleep in, and the going being slower and tougher than I thought but my plan to get something to eat here was scuppered in entirety by the fact that all my masks were hanging up at home. Doh!
The lateness however did have one advantage, everyone that hadn't gone home for tea was sitting in a pub garden eating, so after claiming some more tiles and roads on the other way into Kinneuchar and with the wind now thankfully behind me it was a good blast along from Colinsburgh to Lundin Links and a deliberately chosen easier route back up to the top of Langside and the gentle descents home.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5302668850I've got a few tiles to bag nearby that are well off the road, might have to get the hiking boots out, or even maybe, possibly, the MTB...