Author: John Moss

Lyon Lunch Run Thursday 01/10/26 Five of us met up at Debbie’s Stirling for this run, Ian McIntosh, Kenny Anderson, Allan Jones, Janet and myself. The weather forecast promised to be good and apart from a couple of brief light showers it was. We headed off on the M9/A9 North briefly, then off at Kinbuck and along the back country roads to Braco, up to Muthill, then more of the less travelled roads to join the Sma’ Glen up to Aberfeldy. We then crossed the Tay at Wades Bridge and headed through Weem and Dull before passing The Fortingall Yew Tree (Allegedly aged somewhere between 2000 and 5000 years!). We then headed up Glen Lyon where we encountered our first obstacle, a large HGV. Good job he didn’t meet anyone…

Eight of us met up early on a not so bright, wet morning at Dreghorn Services for our weekend trip taking in seven of the legendary passes in the North Pennines and Lake District. Marc was leading the run with Ian taking on the TEC duties with Norman, David, Euan, Ed, Janet and I in between. We headed off down the A68 through Jedburgh, then taking the B6357 to Bonchester Bridge, then taking a left at Saughtree to take the nice winding road through Kielder. From Kielder we headed to The Rocky Road Cafe in Bellingham for our morning coffee/scone/bacon roll stop. Janet and I have often ridden through Kielder, but never managed to get to this cafe, so it was a very pleasant surprise and one we will not…

What a great day we had! The weather was perfect and Kona’s route through rural Perthshire was an absolute treat. Six of us met at the Crieff Visitor Center (Kona, Patrick, John (Hill), Norman, Janet and John (Moss)). We departed the Center around 10:15 and headed North past Amulree and on to Aberfeldy, crossing the Tay and heading West past the Fortingall Yew Tree (Considered to be one of the oldest trees in Britain!), then on to our first stop at The Glen Lyon Post Office. There were hundreds of cyclists in the area, so the tearoom was very busy, but we managed to get a table outside and had our coffees and a scone for Mr. Hill. Norman also bought a couple of Gluten Free cakes to take away…