Another cool damp start saw only a small group leave the leisure centre, two of the regulars staying home to try earning some brownie points before heading off on a 10 day tour to the Western Isles.
The last two trips to the 'Auld Toon' had been up by the coast first and back via Auchenblae and the Drovers, the hills and twists giving some shelter from the wind but today there was unusual for the north east with virtually no wind.
We headed to the Drovers turning right over the undulating road that would eventually take us down into the centre of Edzell. Brian was stopping for a cuppee and Gus was heading for home via either the Brown and White Caterthuns or Glen Lethnot.
This left just Charlie and I to head north. We kept a steady pace all the way arriving in Stonehaven in good time. We stopped at a cafe in the centre of the toon for a quick bite to eat before returning on the coast road. During the trip north we could see that there was a haar over the coast and we were heading into it as we climbed up the brae past the harbour. The steep brae was made easier by the singing from a festival which was going on at the harbour.
As we rounded the corner past Dunnottar Castle the sun came out and the gentle wind was now behind us. We had a short stint on the main road before returning to the hilly B roads for a few miles then back on to the main road with both of us taking turns to keep up a brisk pace which saw us going through the 26 miles to Montrose in under an hour and a half.
We turned at Montrose towards Hillside then Bridge of Dunn where we saw the old Bluebrid Bus ferrying passengers between the old steam trains and the house. We caught up with Duncan on the Montrose Rd, he was out for an afternoon run on one of his 9 working bikes. We had a good bleather before he turned for home leaving Charlie and I to return to Forfar - a good brisk day!
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