Road cycling 5:00:00 [3] 94.0 km (3:11 / km) +1000m 3:02 / km
Home up to x-roads then back roads towards Cushnie, Towie etc reaching Strathdon at Glenkindie. Brief glance at map before I left had failed to spot the undulating nature of these roads and was mostly into a headwind too, so took longer than expected to get up to Strathdon. Nice quiet route though and lots of bits that were new to me. Pit stop at SD then decided to head to Ballater via Bouties as I couldn't face more headwind climb. Much easier going that way and perked up a bit. Onto the DW at Cambus to get away from the traffic. Coffee at the Bothy before heading home by the SD Rd. Saddle sore and tired by the end, but a good trip out. On MTB with road slicks, but would have been a lot less effort on a decent road bike.