On Tuesday there were 5 of us out for a ride - Keith, Bill and me on e-bikes, with youngsters (mere 60 year olds) Harry and Stewart on analogues. Keith suggested a trip out towards Mullach Woods, passing the 3 huge new houses that have recently been put on the market for average prices of 7 figures.
It's a bit of a slog and I, for one, was glad that I had my e-bike with me, but Harry and Stewart coped admirably. We stopped at the stone circle for a team photo, but I had some problems setting the camera up on one of the stones and timed out first time around:
OK - let's try again:
That's better.
From that high point, it was a great downhiller to the Slug Road and eventually another good long freewheel down from Durris to the South Deeside Road and across Park bridge, from where we headed along the DW to Drum. We hadn't gone far before we realised Stewart was missing. A quick phone call revealed that he'd had a mechanical problem when changing gear and his chain had somehow come off and jammed itself.
On hearing this, we all cycled back to help Stewart out. Various tools were tried, without success for a while, before eventually Harry managed to use the old-fashioned technique of brute force and ignorance and sprung the chain free. We then soldiered on to Drum for welcome coffees and cakes. It had taken over 2 hours to get to this point.
Heading home via the back roads we all decided it would be wise to utilise our lights - a sure sign of the days shortening. Of course, we weren't really heading "home" - at least not directly. Some people think that our B team moniker implies some sort of inferiority, but we know what the B really stands for as we headed to the Legion - all bar Stewart, that is.
The stats reveal the difficulty of the ride - 48 kms and 509 metres of climbing:
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