Loch Rannoch - Tandem Ride

Our trip to Scotland for the Bank Holiday weekend combined Orienteering and Cycling. Saturday and sunday we competed at the Scottish Championships Individual Race and Relay both based at Rannoch Forest.

After sundays race we had decided to dust of Peg (Our Tandems name - Orbit Pegasus) after nearly a year of sitting patiently in the shed hoping for a ride out! We thought the tour round the lake would be a sensible challenge. Allow us to refresh our tandem skills - namely talking to one another, and a good spin out for the legs after the 2 days of running in tough forest.
There was quite a breeze blowing east to west down the Loch so I decided we should do a anti - clockwise tour as this would give us a bit more shelter on the return into the wind.
Its a fairly easy ride with a few undulations, but relatively little traffic as its a little off the main tourist route. There were quite a few other cyclists doing the same ride and we got a few smiles and admiring glances as we cruised round.
The forest edge round the Loch is pretty special - wild oak, birch and pine woodland to die for.
We managed the circular ride in 1hr 45 without too much effort and no major dramas or wobbles!