Six of us set out from the Leisure Centre with two and a half hours to get to Newtyle just 10 miles along the road. It was a beautiful day, cold but no wind and sunshine.
The original plan had be to head towards Auchterhouse which was to involve a 400m stint on the A90 but the sun was so low and bright it would have been dangerous on the bend so we opted for the Bogside Road and a a trip to Alyth where we had a brief stop for David to get some supplies.
From Alyth we headed for Tullyfergus and the Hill of St. Fink, we hadn't been up that way for a couple of years and we had all forgotten quite how long it was, steep only at the beginning but a bit of a drag, the view from the top was worth it though, we could see virtually the whole of the Strathmore Valley. The long slow descent took us into Rattray where we headed left and took the direct route to Newtyle via Ardler with only a brief stop for Charlie to put some air in his tyre.
We arrived spot on 12:30 where we were reunited with Ron & Derrick who had spit off for coffee before Alyth along with big Stewart who had come through from Blairgowrie.
The second run worked well and The Commercial had excellent soup at a good price with friendly fast service, we stayed for quite a while and split up into different groups for the journey home, the temperature had dropped and the wind had picked up a little and blew us gently towards Forfar all except Stewart who was heading in the opposite direction with thoughts of also going up the Hill of St. Fink on the way home.
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