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Name : RICHYBOY    Posted: 03/05/09
Ride Name: 60 Miles - A Cracking Tough Loop in Fife
Ride Distance: Medium: 50-80 miles
Ride Terrain: Hilly

 

                                                      60 Miles

 

                                        ~  1500 Meters Ascent

 

                                                     Very Hilly

 

                                        90% Lovely Quiet Roads

 

 

 

 

                                 (I Start this Clockwise Route in Kinross)

 

                  

 

In Kinross Head North up High Street - Take Left onto 'Gallowhill Road' - Continue on this road over Motorway until T-Junction - Right here - Then Immediate Left for 'Stronachie' - About 1/2 km up take Right for 'Stronachie'

 

 

Continue on this Road until Crossroads

 

                                        

 

Straight Ahead - Continue on this road - It starts to weave through farms and pretty soon the Climbing Starts

 

 

                                               

 

Nice gradient climb up here into forested area - The road levels and starts to roll - With Nice views opening up

 

 

The Road delivers you through the small farms of Path of Condie

 

                                                 

 

After Path of Condie you descend steeply down to a T-Junction - Left here - A very steep hairpin climb awaits

 

 

                                              

 

 

Up this - At Junction at top - Left for 'Dunning' - Continue through forested area for some stunning views

 

                                     

 

Caution! - Very steep hairpin section descends into Dunning

 

 

                                               

 

Head into Dunning and Left at Crossroads onto B934 'Yetts O' Muckhart' - Huge long well graded climb takes you over the Common of Dunning

 

 

                                             

 

 

The road levels off after around 4 or 5Kms and bobs it's way through lush forested area before descending for ages down to Yetts O' Muckhart

 

                                    

 

 

This descent leads you to a T-Junction with the A823 - Right here - Head into Glen Devon

 

                                    

 

Continue gradually climbing along this lovely road 

 

 

                                               

 

You will finally top out and enjoy a great descent into Auchterarder

 

 

Continue on this road until you come to a Roundabout - Right here - then 1/2km along at mini-roundabout take Left for 'Kinkell Bridge' - Enjoy this quiet road passing through 'Tullibardine' - You will come to a Junction - Keep Left for 'Kinkell Bridge' - another few Km's sees you at a T-Junction with the B8062 - Left here - 1/2km later you will see Kinkell Bridge

 

                                      

 

As you pass over Bridge then Immediate Right for 'Trinity Gask' - Gradually climb up this lovely quiet road - with stunning views off to the right

 

 

After around 3kms gentle climbing you enter a forested area - continue for another 2 Kms until you approach a Crossroads - Take Right for 'Auchterarder' - Downhill very steeply to Junction with Very busy A9 - Straight Ahead for 'Dunning' - ***Extreme caution when crossing over A9*** - after cycling under the Railway Bridge then immediate Left onto small backroad

 

                                     

 

Along this cracking backroad

 

 

After around 3 kms you come to a T-Junction - Left here onto B934 - A Km or so later you see 'what looks like a level crossing'

 

                                     

 

At T-Junction take Right - and immediate Right again for 'Invermay'

 

 

Heading back for the Hills!

 

                                     

 

After 2Kms you come to another T-Junction - Left here -The road starts to climb - and after a wee bit rolling you come to another Junction - Right here for 'Glenfarg'

 

 

Climb up through dense forest - the road starts to level off and descend with stunning views unfolding

 

                                     

 

After small Descent you come to another T-Junction - Right here for 'Glenfarg' - Continue gradually climbing up this road and at next Junction take Left for 'Glenfarg' - And so begins a very tiring & tough stretch of road - The Road sign indicates a 12% gradient - In actual fact it's much steeper and more like 18% - up this sore climb - it levels in the middle before ramping again to the farm at the top

 

 

                                             

 

 

After it levels you are in cycling heaven - the road is to die for - its basically a 'big dipper' from here to Glenfarg with 3 very noticeable climbs back to back - Very demanding! -  I'll let the photos do the talking

 

                                    

 

 

                                             

 

 

                                             

 

 

After you have negotiated this tough stretch you will descend into Glenfarg - the Descent starts off very dangerously with lots of gravel on the road and tight bends through small farms - it then plunges steeply into Glenfarg

 

                                         

 

In Glenfarg you come to a T-Junction - Right here - and Immediate Right again up 'Church Brae'

 

 

Climb fairly steeply at first before it levels off into a long dragging effort

 

                                       

 

The Road starts to roll up and down gently with smashing views all around

 

 

After around 3 or 4kms you approach a Junction - keep Left - a small dragging climb is now experienced

 

                                        

 

After the small climb a stunning viewpoint awaits, great views of East / West Lomond & the whole of Loch Leven

 

 

                                              

 

A smashing long descent now delivers you down into Milnathort

 

 

Head directly into Milnathort - at Roundabout Straight Ahead for Kinross - another 2 Km's sees you back in Kinross. Finished!

 

 

                                       

                                

 

 

 

 

                                           

 

 

 

                                  

 

 

 



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