Well done chaps.
After about a zillion changes of plan (*) I managed out for a DIY 200 on Saturday, making heavy weather of a seemingly straightforward EH12 - Stirling - Auchterarder - Crieff - Comrie - Dunblane - EH12. I must be suffering from the same malaise as Valkyrie, as I was riding through toffee in some places and was glad that i didnt push it to a 300k as I think I'd have struggled to keep up with that peloton and would have been oot til midnight. Anyhow thats 50 pts in the bag for only the 2nd time for me so nae bad and its audax and times dont count. I also had the plesaure of a trip through sunny Skinflats again and scenic Alloa on the way home. I ended up at about 215k having failed to realise that the shortest distance to auchterarder was via sherrifmuir (as if I was doing that) and avoided a double dose of Grangemouth by going home via Clackmannan and Culross whilst tuned into Sportsound - Forfar Athletic and Brechin City are merging apparently.
Bumped into maverick on the strowan road between Crieff and Comrie he going t'other way - always fun to bump into other audaxers unexpectedly.
Still up for the Saltire to bring the curtain down on the season, but I'll be fitting the HBFO lights.
(*) until about 9pm Friday I had planned to do the Border Hills starting from Innerleithen but my hire car only had a tiny glass hatch not a boot so the bike wouldnt go in without serious dismantling.
ps - got to mention the serious audax TLC from the manager at BK at Forthbank in Stirling (I wasnt sure if Corrieris would be open). Very interested in cycling and an offer of free coffee/water bottle top ups. Most excellent and a pleasant surprise.
