Low turnout on Monday

Ian's match report from yesterday:

"No Strava – so back to old fashioned report !

Only 2 brave souls today.

Various excuses including a knee operation !!

Jeb & myself set off in the sunshine headed southward.

We took the back road to Bridge of Cammie and onwards to AA Box, heading to go up Cairn O Mount  - but were sadly stopped by the sign ( see Photo  below ):

So we went  across to Strachan Pub – all this route from Banchory seemed to dodge most of the winds – probably due to shelter from the trees.

But as we turned towards Finzean we were severely tested by a gale that was coming at us from Cairn o Mount down the exposed section of road from Gary’s house to Finzean !

Never has a scone been so well deserved !

We then headed uphill past the School and took a right and from here experienced some superb views across the valley toward snow capped hills ( see poor quality photo ):

We saw a path signpost towards Shooting Green but missed the path ( need to check Map !! ) – so we headed back towards Strachan pub.

The run home from here was a “ breeze “ - and with the gale now fully on our backs we got back to Banchory in record time – via the Bridge of Cammie Route.

Took us 3 hours including a generous coffee & scone half hour !

No other statistics -  other than the FLAT Finzean section was tough – phew !!!!!!!!!"

From the other side of the pond, Malcolm L reported:

"Did a 32 mile run here in Houston on Saturday and 22 miles on Sunday. Santa did not bring a selfie-stick so no photos…and no snow capped hills!"