This wee cross country run is open to all. Mtb or hybrid… Best not be on a road bike.
We will set off from the green at 9:00am and head to Wolfhill and then on to Perth.. Retuning a bit later via a different route, but still not much on road and after we have had coffee In Perth…
For the foreseeable future, the Gigantor will not be on any road runs. It has a terminal crack in the top tube joint with the seat post tube… Warranty claim going in 😦
So all runs will now be MTB based… but none of that nutty stuff, just forest trails and some other challenging rutty bits…
Sunday 9th of July there is a 10k Race for Life in Perth. I wish to be at the start at 9:30 and as such I will be leaving the Mitsubishi Garage in Burrelton at 7:00, cycling to Kinclaven, Murthly, Waterloo, Bankfoot, Luncarty and arriving at the North inch to watch the spectacle of the warm up and run start.
Once the runners are on their way, i will head for home probably via Stormontfield and Bursie (lol)… think this run is about 40 miles
I have been a bit tardy lately and not sorting Sunday runs… But hey life gets In the way of the fun things.
So, this week is probably not going to have any sort of organised run. Tad windy… I will no doubt head into Ballo to run up some miles in the shelter of the trees.
However, the idea of a social clinic gathering had been mooted… And the mooter is going to do something about it.
Sunday’s run will start at The Mitsubishi garage in Burrelton at 8:30 and roll out to Meigle on the back road then up to the 5-ways and along to Shanzie and on to Kirkton of Kingoldrum. From here its back to Lintrathen Loch and down to that dodgy wee turn (Bamff i Ithink) that will take you round the back of Alyth. But before you get to Alyth, you take the Tullyfergus road and then head back to Coupar Angus on the back road. From CA its along to the cemetery and in the back of Woodside. In all about 45 miles.
As ever its weather permitting (and its currently not pretty).
The plan is to meet in Dunkeld (car park on boat road) at 9am for an excursion up Ordie. I say in Dunkeld because the “BYCYLE” and “SUSTRANS” groups are doing Ordie at 10am with a picnic up at the loch. So, we want to be ahead of them on the way up and avoiding them on the way down.
Here’s the route: Dunkeld to Ordie, round Ordie and head back down but turn off before you get to the Dowally Loch ( Think its where that farm with the odd birds is). Following this track in the general direction of Dowally (pronounced dow – ley not doo wally) taking the obvious left about 1000m along the track. This track runs parallel (more or less) to the road, but 130m above it. Eventually it will drop down to the Road (cycle route 83).
After meeting cycle route 83, we head for Dunkeld, but before we get there, we take a left at Polney Loch and head in to the hill to eventually pop out below the Ordie car park. This just leaves the gentle descent to Dunkeld for Coffee at the Deli or some other venue.
This is not a hugely long run 15.5 miles, but can be extended by starting at The Mitsubishi garage and heading for Murthly, going off road there and finding your way to Birnam and Dunkeld (circa 45 miles)
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Sundays run will be to Logierait, leaving Burrelton at 7:30am
The Route…ETAs Kinclaven junction 7:50; Murthly 8:10 (Usige); Caputh 8:20 (top of road on Left);Dunkeld 8:45(the Deli) (note if I am late at any of these points I will press on!) If early (lol) I will wait
Then you have two options dice with death/caravans/HGVs /sleepy drivers and cycle the A9 to the Dalguise turn and go on to Logierait
OR
Take the cycle path the Balinluig and cross to Logierait.
The return will be via the cyclepath and maybe Blairgowrie or Murthly.
