And more snow. I went out to Auchterhouse, to follow the old railway line out over Pitknappie Moss. After jumping a gate, the path stretched ahead of me something like this:
That looks deep and crisp and even. It is. Deep enough to require pushing..
The old railway embankment appears to be in good shape with a wide and easily rideable (in summer) path. Lots of animal tracks, some footprints and only one set of tyre tracks.
And looking back
Eventually I came to a style and decided that half a mile of pushing the bike was enough.
The line does continue the other side. I jumped a gate (again) and waded across the field. It was the ominous creaking of breaking ice underfoot that reminded me it was once a bog before the railway drained the land.
Back to the road and a last look at the snow before riding home.
more pics at
Pitknappie Moss in the snow - a set on Flickr
