Seeing as the forecast was reasonable for once , especially after the rainy sleety weekend we have just had, I decided to take today off work and head south as Brian said he had an idea for a road ride.
Perfect I thought! What could possibly go wrong?
So after being up early and dropping a visitor to the Dyer household into Thurso for the train at 8.30 I kept heading south to Brians at Dingwall.
After a warming coffee we headed out into the nice autumnal day that was slowly becoming overcast. While it was sunny in places, the heat had definitely gone for the year as it was very cold. This was not helped by snow on Ben Wyvis and snow clearly visible on the high ground to the west.
I was on the trusty Long Haul Trucker while Brian was on his Alfine equipped Voodoo.
We headed out over sections of the Black Isle to North Kessock where we dined in style at Harry Gows
(It was fuel)
It was not pretty and it wasn't healthy but it was warming as I was really freezing despite having several jerseys on. I put my jacket on just after this and that really helped but I had made the mistake of not packing my Buff.
We then rode back through North Kessock, Redcar and back up onto the main road to Dingwall all the while taking small detours to explore. Some paved and of course, some dirt/gravel 'short cuts'.
A cold ride but a good ride and it seems that winter has returned quite quickly. It has taken the heat and the daylight.
A good laugh and despite the cold it was a really nice ride. Good to have the co pilot back as well.
Jamie
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