The windy weather of late continued on Sunday as 8 of us set off from the Leisure Centre on route to Inchture.
It was hard work against the breeze all the way out by Newtyle and up the hill by Haliburton Woods then along the flat exposed roads to Collace. Here we got some respite as we turned up through the village and round the side of Dunsinane Hill then up through the glen past Pitmiddle Wood
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| Up the glen towards Pitmiddle Wood |
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| Ian at Collace Quarry |
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| Norman |
After a couple of short climbs it was downhill all the way through Abernyte and on to Inchture where we stopped for a while at the transport cafe. After the break we took the flyover across the main road towards Errol and due to the strong wind we were glad when we turned towards Invergowrie to enjoy the strong tail wind that blew us along by Kingoodie then Riverside and through the docks. Here we had to make a slight detour due to a closed bridge but found another route up to Strathearn Road then out the Wellbank Road by Claypotts.
Luckily the wind was still in our favour as we slowly climbed up by Kellas and we only had a cross wind to contend with as we tackled the slopes up Carrot Hill.
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| Gus and Keith at the viewpoint |
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| Norman Charlie and Ian atop Carrot Hill |
After pausing to regroup at the viewpoint, it was more or less downhill all the way to Inverarity then home to Forfar.
The Run on Wednesday Evening is to the Drovers Inn at Memus.
The run on Sunday 4th March will be to Stracathro.
