Aha, missed that as was out helping @GBC who did not need any helpWee woman opened door in cafe i think to try and get rid of us as we were steaming up the windows...well that and @phantasmagoriana flooding the place whilst wringing her gloves out!
Of course! Do you think i'm some kind of malady magnet?(Phew ...)
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(not bad, but not lemony enough 
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It's a LONG time until @Fubar's islands tour! (still working on that one 
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They are probably alive and well ... just not attached to your feet
Middle-ish.....No, just a cake magnet (or should that be hooverer-upper)
I raise you a lemon drizzle
Now that most people must be at least partly defrosted, the obvious question ...
What next?
East? West? Middle? Fife? Somewhere else?
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Crow Rd Did a bit of a wander on rwgps trying to find a cool route to do today to make up for wussing out yesterday.Middle-ish.....
... it would be great if the starting point could be moved south a bit towards a suitable train station, and it definitely looks like there are some possible shortcuts to possibly take off some of the northern loop. This would allow the group to split like we did at the last Perth ride, depending on how everybody feels on the day/allow the less mile-munching of us to still join for part of the ride, and last but not least a shortcut could be very handy if there is weather similar to yesterday's 
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and possibly more sensible at this time of year 
...The crazy lot can always cycle to the start and back home if they want to .). Just my 2p ...Yeah it's not in any way a final route, I saw someone had plotted it, it's as good a starting point as any for a central Scotland ride.Looks like a nice route for the 'advanced' lot
Oh, and the hilly stuff might not be sensible if the temperatures drop by a few degrees from the current level, so maybe one for a bit later in the year, as suggested by @mr messy (in a roundabout way, as usual
Hmmm .. thinking aloud some more ...
How about a simple low-lying and not too long ride for the next one, seeing as it's still the middle of winter, or do an RV instead?
Less sociable than going for a ride together, but still allowing for chat and cake
If the weather turns really silly and we get a glorious warm & sunny day, there's nothing stopping anybody from putting out a call at short notice (less easy to join in for those with weekend commitments, I know
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I wonder if we could look at a start point around either Croy or Lenzie for easier train access without too much route jigging
Maybe start a new thread Ed?
A couple if minor hiccups for me with the aforesaid puncture, and then a wee attack of the cramp on the way home. The last time I got cramp was also on this route, albeit on the Queen's View side - hmmmm, makes you think
However, it cleared up fairly quickly so we'll just live with it. and I'm looking forward to the next ride.
) West Lothian routes in the 'suggestions' thread ... Linlithgow might also work as two rides converging from W & E (with the Fifers etc possibly joining the Easties at the FRB?), or how about a simple RV at Linlithgow as the basic plan? People can then hook up along the way as they please ...
....or we could just go to TenerifeWe have quite a few flat-ish (
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