Weather forecast for today was good, after perhaps a week or so of grey days.... Up circa 05:00hrs, fed and watered and out circa 06:00 hrs tried to not to waken anybody up and crept as much as my +8 can creep out on to the road. Why so early ? My destination was in the Trossachs in the hope of enjoying a bit of early morning Tarmac, my target was to hope to find free reign over my favourite bit of road, The Dukes Pass. I was delighted to find my plan worked perfectly to the extent once through it and on past Brig`o Turk I turned round and had another go at it from the other direction... (-: None of those pesky tour busses to be seen anywhere Boab.. (-: Might even give it another go tomorrow morning if I waken up early enough.. Another 63 enjoyable miles added to the tally... (-:

Only thing I might add is that the council seem to have done a cheap repair job by spraying some tar down and covering it with tiny chips... So if you are precious about paint I would avoid that road for a few months.. Pity..!