Set off with the plan to double my distance of last weekend and more than double the climb.
This saw me hauling myself and bike up a brae called the "cadgers" and across the old district line towards Kennoway before dropping into Leven where I did not intend to do more than bag some roads before buggering off as quickly as possible in the direction of the Silerburn and the sanctuary of the road to Largo. (Seriously the demographic shift on crossing the burn is unreal)
Alas, as I was bagging one of the yellow roads in the town centre the sound of an explosion rocked the old buildings and a bunch of kids on bikes proclaimed "Sha Hoor Sur yive goat a punkchur" as I wobbled to a halt.
The damage was as I expected a knackered carcass and I had no option but to dig out the trusty sheet of Park Tool Tyre Boots although this threatened to be beyond even them.
Mr Google suggested that there was a Bike Shop open in the wrong direction, so I did as no North East Fifer should ever do, and crossed the Leven into Methil where yon bike shop was shut.
I must note here that my Great Grandad lived in Methil the later part of his life and I have been many times to Methilhill, unfortunately this was before I was indoctrined in the ways of Fife by StAndreans who like to distract you from the area of town South of the Kinness burn looking rough (if only because north is millionaire central) by making you aware of such places as "Methilhill, Kirkland and Denbeath" being the 5th most deprived area of Scotland.
I found a direct route out of Methil alive and climbed on a nice path steadily back up to Kennoway, which I now realise is "Ken No Way am I going further down the hill, that's Methil there"
I once again hauled my lard arse to the top of the Langside, thankfully this side is shallower than the Cadger's but longer and Cadging a lift would have given some relief from both the effort and the slowly deteriorating tyre.
Once summited I relaxed just enough to stay in mind that descending at speed probably wouldn't be clever I still managed to claim a Strava PR on the descent back to the new hame.