The last club run of the year started slowly with a puncture, thankfully it wasn't raining - just cold, sunny with a light breeze. We were heading to Balbeggie, the coffee shop in the garage has been closed for over a year now and was a popular stop for cyclists but we had not been to the MacDonald Arms at the top of the hill as a group before.
We made good progress through Newtyle and were heading for Laughing Horse Hill where Ron and Gus turned for Meigle and Ardler leaving the rest of us to slog up the hill. It's a lumpy route and we had a fair amount of ice and slush to contend with. We had passed through Kinrossie and were just a Thorngreen when disaster struck for Colin. The free wheel completely went so he was stuck, thankfully it was only a couple of miles to the pub and our lunch time stop and most of it was downhill so he was able to coast with David and I giving him a push up the hills.
Thankfully a relative was able to come and pick him up so he got home OK. We headed back along the main road but it was pretty busy so we turned off back into Kinrossie and the back roads to Ardler. Donal's chain was slipping and coming off, thankfully the roads were fairly flat so there wasn't to much need to change gears.
The wind had got up and it was getting cold, with frozen feet a stop for some in the Tav was required to thaw out before heading back to Forfar.
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