After 4 days resting my legs it was time to get back out for a recovery ride, I was around 2 miles into my ride when I spotted all the lights flashing on my Wahoo...I forgot to start it oops! I don't recall ever doing this before but onwards and upwards, yes I said upwards...4000ft of climbing on a recovery ride isn't recommended!
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What can I say, I just got carried away and decided to explore some new roads! I found some gems and will revisit them again soon, I love trying out new roads I find in the opposite direction at a later date! I will have some big climbs and some lovely descents to look forward to!
When I set off I decided to see what progress they were making on a new cycle path they are constructing close to home, they still have quite a bit to build but some parts are now open and looking pretty good!
I have been neglecting some of my favourite local roads recently so I put that right today, this road is so much fun in both directions! It takes you from the village of Blackridge to the village of Avonbridge and is single track most of the way, its great fun when you meet a huge tractor on one of the many inclines! I got lucky today
I was now heading for Beecraigs Country Park near Linlithgow where I was intending to try a road they recently resurfaced! This is part way up the climb to the country park!
The top of the climb looking over to the Ochil hills!
I reached my destination and discovered they had finished the resurfacing job but they decided to cover it in surface dressing...
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So I continued on to the next road which takes you down into Linlithgow and I rememebered about a route I descended fairly recently so it was time to climb it, it passes over the canal and there were quite a few canal boats parked today!
The road I was taking leads back to the road at the country park, I stopped part way up to grab another few photos and noticed the Forth Bridges in the distance!
Back at the country park I turned off down one of the many side roads, with big descents and big climbs all around! As I was climbing the steepest part I spotted my Wahoo showing a gradient of 19.8% but once again Ridewithgps was showing my maximum gradient as 13.8%
I finally reached a road junction where I had the option to turn left or right, the last time I turned right so I thought it would be fun to try the left turn and see what the roads would be like going this way! I wasn't disappointed, some lovely descents with loads of twists and turns ensued and I came across this field full of horses! I don't think I have ever seen so many in one field before, it would be quite a job looking after all those!
Eventually I was back on a familiar road, at the village of Dechmont! I knew this road would have lots of trucks and buses on it so I took to the cycle path which goes all the way to Bathgate and I only encountered 2 walkers and one cyclist on the near 3 mile stretch! That was quite a result as I was expecting many dog walkers, it sure was my lucky day! I was about 15 miles from home now and decided I would just stick to familiar roads and crank the assist up into the 15-20mph headwind!
After last weeks epic this seemed like a short trip around the block, although I was glad I took 2 batteries and was able to turn the assist up all the way home as my legs were starting to feel it after all the climbing...yet another great ride though!
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