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So one of my favourite routes was out to Dunkeld and back, some decent scenery, especially between Blairgowrie and Dunkeld itself, and some good roads that weren't too busy with traffic. The simple route is to follow the A923 from Dundee, through Coupar Angus, onto Blairgowrie and then to Dunkeld. We'd usually come back along the A984, then cut across to Kinrossie and back up over Tullybaccart to Dundee. If you were feeling adventurous, you could add a loop north west up the minor road just north of Dunkeld, with a short stretch on the horrible A9, to Grandtully and Aberfeldy, then over the hill on the A826, turn left onto the A822 and back to Dunkeld.
Alternatively, a route west down to Perth, but avoid the A90 like the plague, it's all but a motorway, on the minor roads to Errol, then onto Perth (with a short section on the A90 I'm afraid), south to Bridge of Earn, onto Abernathy, then follow the road from Newburgh running alongside the Tay back to Wormit and Newport and back over the Tay Bridge to Dundee. I did that once, with an 80 mile road race from Bridge of Earn in between, for a grand day out of 140 miles or so. Oh the folly of youth.
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Thanks so much for this, I'll plot it all out tomorrow. I did think that some A9 and A90 action may have to happen at some point.
I've also played the Club Sec card and emailed my counter part at Dundee Wheelers to ask about routes. If I get anything back I'll see what you think.
That 140mile day sounds like one of those days that grows fonder in the memory as time passes :)
Ecobeard
Wonderful, much appreciated. This thread kills my phoeb too.
We used to have a big rivalry with the Dundee teams on the hockey pitch and we had some great nights out with them around the city. We'd always end up in the Mardi or Fat sams (whatever it was called by the end)
Halcyon (and stupid) days.
M