ACC Runs List Nov 2014 - End Jan 2015

Angus Cycle Club Runs List
Day	Date	Sunday Run	Pub / Saturday Run	Notes
Wednesday	29th Oct		Finavon
Saturday	1st Nov		Bothy Drum Up
Sunday	2nd Nov	Inchture
Wednesday	5th Nov		Letham
Sunday	9th Nov	Stracathro		Rendezvous Run Hospital Cafe 12:30
Wednesday	12th Nov		Glamis
Sunday	16th Nov	Bridge of Cally		Via Black Lunans
Wednesday	19th Nov		Roundyhill
Sunday	23rd Nov	Clova
Wednesday	26th Nov		Drovers
Sunday	30th Nov	Newtyle		Rendezvous Run - Commercial Hotel 12:30
Wednesday	3rd Dec		Finavon
Saturday	6th Dec		Bothy Drum Up	200K Audax - Galashiels
Sunday	7th Dec	Glen Isla Hotel
Wednesday	10th Dec		Letham
Sunday	14th Dec	Mince Pie Run		Tom & Mary's for 12:30
Wednesday	17th Sept		Glamis
Sunday	21st Dec	Meikelour
Sunday	28th Dec	Ardler		Rendezvous Run the Tav
Saturday	3rd Jan		Bothy Drum Up
Sunday	4th Jan	Brechin		Garden Centre
Wednesday	7th Jan		Roundyhill
Saturday	10th Jan	Bothy Weekend		Camping Night
Sunday	11th Jan	Bothy Weekend
Wednesday	14th Jan		Drovers
Sunday	18th Jan	Montrose		Rendezvous Duncans 12 - 12:30
Wednesday	21st Jan		Finavon
Sunday	25th Jan	ACC Lunch		The Drovers 12:30 for 1:00pm sit down
Wednesday	28th Jan		Letham
Bothy Drum Up - First Sat in the month , Bothy open from 10 till 1.00 ± all welcome , tea / coffee provided,  for more info contact Jim D.                                                                                                                                                                    Sunday runs start 10:00am from the leisure centre, Rendezvous Runs - make your own way there for lunch 12:30                                                                                                             Wednesday night runs start 7:00pm from the club rooms.                                                                                                         For more info contact Ian Matheson on 07799 714008

Glen Isla Hotel - 5/10/14

The first snow was falling with blizzard conditions in the Cairngorms as we set of on a slightly chilly, fairly still and overcast morning.  After last week's longish run to St Cyrus via Laurencekirk, which went well by all accounts, this was a shorter run.  

Five headed out over Drumgley and the gradual climb up and through Kirrie to the Glen Isla road, the pace was mixed with good efforts on some of the lumpy hills.  We sailed past the hotel for the first time with the short loop round Forter Castle, Kirkton of Glen Isla our destination.

It was a wee bit chilly with low cloud 600' higher than Forfar but as we turned the  and headed back to the hotel for lunch the sun started to come out a wee bit making the leaves turning that bit brighter

The last time we had tried for lunch the hotel was semi shut and there was nobody about to open up that day but it has since been taken over with new management ex Clova Hotel and the standard has certainly risen.  We were a wee bit early for lunch so we had a coffee first followed by fine bowls of soup and sandwiches.

Refreshed we headed for home with the plan to head over towards the Bothy and back via Shanzie and the Bogside Rd and Lindores.  Heading left on the Glamis Kirrie Rd Gus thought of am old farm track that went across from Warren Woods to Drumgley  which used to be part of the summer off rd runs.

The first mile or so was ok with not to many pot holes but deteriorated quickly after the last farm cottages, we had a bit of scrambling through nettles and up embankments for 1/2 a mile or so before we rejoined farm tracks which took us past Ballindarg Farm and out at Drumgley then it was a right turn and back up the brea and into Forfar.

A fine run, 53 miles - not bad for a short day, the route is here if you would like to try it

Next week, 12th Oct, is the club weekend trip to Slochd follwed on the 19th the club AGM which starts at 9:30am in the club rooms and is followed by a gentle club run to the Tav in Ardler for lunch.

St. Andrews 21/09/14

Two weekends in a row for me with the knee hopefully on the road to recovery saw five of us head towards Dundee with only Charlie thinking of going all the way.  The weather was good as it often is in September in this part of Scotland, a little chilly to begin with but warming up in the sunshine as the day progressed, last weeks wind had all but disappeared.

We were up over Carrot Hill and whizzing into in to Dundee in no time at all.  Norman turned into Sainsbury and Keith turned moments later to go up the coast for a shorter run leaving Charlie Gus and I to head down towards the bridge.

We stopped as usual at the Tay Bridge Cafe for rolls, tea and coffee, the black pudding and runny egg went down a treat for me and discussion turned towards the rest of the day, Gus had already said he was not going to St. Andrews with me swithering due to the knee.  I opted for the short run and Charlie initially said he was going to go on but changed his mind and we settled on The Commercial in Newtyle for a bowl of soup.

We headed back across the Tay and along the riverside with the water calm and silvery, it is  a bit of a drag up past Liff and further up to Birkhill but we got the light wind behind us as we hit the main road to Newtyle.  The main road surface was smooth and the braes gentle so the speed picked up a little.

The Commercial Hotel is not one of our regular stops but we always get a warm welcome and the soup is great, today it was minestrone, thick with plenty veg.  The also had a new Belgian Lager Beer - HeverLee which we had to try, to be polite!

Well fueled we rolled back into Forfar via Kinnettles House, now renamed Castle to attract the wealthy tourist crowd for weddings, dinners and the like.

Another short day but a good pace was kept, next weeks run is St. Cyrus

Ardler The Long Way 14/09/14

This run was planned as lunch after the mountain biking festival but due to the volume of forms to be filled in, we had to pull out so the run was extended, four of us set off on a breezy day towards Newtyle.

The initial plan was the Audax route Scone the flat way but as we progressed we had a change of plan and turned for Wolfhill as we approached the MacDonald Arms with Keith wanting a shorter run and David a little tired.

We were heading towards Ardler a little earlier so we all went back towards Newtyle and then turned back with Keith  going straight to Forfar.

Three of us were enjoying lunch in the Tav when we were joined by Norman who had been out watching the mountain bike racing.

We got a bit of a blow back to Forfar and although a little earlier we had worked pretty hard in the wind and on the hills with a moving average of over 14mph.

Carnoustie - Montrose Costal Path 10/08/14

A bright but breezy day welcomed six of us to the leisure centre as we headed for the Carnoustie costal path.  From the leisure centre we went up Manor St onto Castle Street took a right and left at The Cross and headed up The Vennel and past the swimming pool and onto the Lour Rd up into the countryside to Whigstreet where Ron turned for home.

From Whigstreet we headed to Monikie and down the brae into Carnoustie and along the High Street to East Haven where we joined the off road path.  The wind was now behind us but the path was loose and busy with walkers so progress was slow.

From Arbroath we were back on the tarred road and we climbed out on the cycle rout and followed that towards Montrose, we had missed a shower in Arbroath but our luck did not hold and we had to stop to put on waterproofs at Nether Dysart leaving us about 6 miles in the rain before lunch.

We stopped in Tesco for abut half an hour by which time the rain had stopped, as it was dry we decided on heading towards Hillside where Keith turned for home and round to Brechin where Charlie headed home leaving the three of us to head through the golf course though to Careston where we had to stop to put the waterproofs back on the from Careston to Finavon where we stopped for rehydration

From Finavon we headed for Oathlaw and the short route back to Forfar as it was still pretty wet and the temperature had dropped quite a lot.  We took it steady and arrived home wet with 67 miles for the day.

Next week it's into Fife for the Newburgh loop.