ginty001

Good route Glen, cold start but we found the sun in N Ayrshire after passing through some dodgy fog patches earlier. Shared Dunlop Dairy tearoom with our 30 milers, which was nice. Shame about the punctures otherwise no dramas and the bunch enjoyed a good day on the bike!

Cold and windy day, but good fun none the less... tricky ride from Kilbirnie to Lochwinnoch on the track , plenty of slush and some icy bits too... did the rest of you go back on the track from Lochwinnoch, Jim and me decided on Johns Hill over the top to BOW, seemed like a more relaxing option ... 

Cold and windy day, but good fun none the less... tricky ride from Kilbirnie to Lochwinnoch on the track , plenty of slush and some icy bits too... did the rest of you go back on the track from Lochwinnoch, Jim and me decided on Johns Hill over the top to BOW, seemed like a more relaxing option ... 

I know a new Café Stop for that route.... the Green Kettle, just up from the roundabout at top of Garelochead, would mean doing the whole  Peninsula loop first, but its only an extra 8 miles before the stop... last time I was in I had the best homemade soup ever....

Cracking day all round. 
 
Aye mcginty, carried on up the track, wasn't too bad past the bit we left you.  
 
Cheers folks! 

Cold and windy day, but good fun none the less... tricky ride from Kilbirnie to Lochwinnoch on the track , plenty of slush and some icy bits too... did the rest of you go back on the track from Lochwinnoch, Jim and me decided on Johns Hill over the top to BOW, seemed like a more relaxing option ... 

If only Chung was there to bail you out ........ oh !

Al, not even that genius would be any help 
Think it needs new bearings ......... or a new bike!
Good job I made it home without too much problem.

Hopefully in, get youse in Bishy at 10....

I know a new Café Stop for that route.... the Green Kettle, just up from the roundabout at top of Garelochead, would mean doing the whole  Peninsula loop first, but its only an extra 8 miles before the stop... last time I was in I had the best homemade soup ever....

or there's the Bistro at the caravan site also, i'll find out if they do a snack menu....

I know a new Café Stop for that route.... the Green Kettle, just up from the roundabout at top of Garelochead, would mean doing the whole  Peninsula loop first, but its only an extra 8 miles before the stop... last time I was in I had the best homemade soup ever....

An enjoyable day!  A tad icy on the way out and temp didn't go much above 0C all day - until we left the cafe at a balmy 12C - that didn't last long lol and it was back down to 3/4C all the way home  The foot & glove warmers came in very handy!
Great run, quite long for a winter run and sun was setting upon returning home, but I put this down to the slow service in the cafe, despite giving them a heads up on our impending arrival - we were in there for just over an hour!  Some really poor driving and risk taking by drivers on the usual Helensburgh - Dumbarton stretch but other than that, a great run! 

Destination sunny Kilcreggan - bunch of 10 riders - Alan (Hendry), Alex, Colin Sale, Colin McPhee, Eric, Glen, Jaki, Iain Carvil/McGinty & myself made steady progress all the way to Helensburgh, where upon Colin M turned back to play in a gig later on the afternoon.
We were joined part way in Helensburgh by 2 of Glen's friends who also are heading to Flanders next April, getting some km in their legs no doubt & introducing themselves to some of us Flanders bound Wheelers too!
What was meant to be a quick cafe stop in Kilcreggan turned out to be anything but, the service was good but it was sloooooooooooow!
A welcome tail wind on the way back up the road, but some mad drivers about which wasn't expected this time of the week but still it didn't spoil the run in good weather for December & good wheels to follow all day!
Kudos to Jaki who haven't been on a bike since early October, she dug in & made it all the way round, chapeau!
Probably a shorter route next Sunday ........... it was dark by the time I rocked up my front door :-/
Thanks again for the company & wheels today
Cheers
Chung

See you’se at bridge 

Can you promise I don’t have to share a dormitory with Ginty?

just sayin like, I somehow thought the definition would include climbing god, sprint king etc, but alas, no...
bison. a large, wild animal, similar to a cow but having a larger head and hairy shoulders, found esp. in North America
 

Davie
For the record it was a Grande Creme , fries, coke. Followed by 2 aspirin ( I think) another coke and a coffee, couldn’t afford the afternoon tee 

......I guess Bonnie Tyler can stop looking.
I may be bald but I will not fight over a comb. For the record I walked ...also never finished that daft Marmotte thing but then again I never stopped for afternoon tea half way up the Tourmalet either.

For those looking to hire a bike this is one of several in Calpe
https://www.topbikesrental.com/en/bike-rental/merida-scultura-6000-disc-carbon-2019/
 

Sounds good to me 

Slight change for me on Sat morning, gonna head out a bit earlier and be back earlier as got nephew staying over and need to spend a bit of time with him before hitting the pub, Renfrew bunch will need to wait 

My head out Saturday after all, ginty, I'll text you
 

hopefully joining youse this week................. for a wee while anyway

hopefully joining youse this week................. for a wee while anyway