21st June 2010 Wow! A really difficult day in hot sunny conditions. Excellent scenery. Crow road - wow! Hard to say it was a pleasure - some really tough hills - with a very steep one about 10 miles from the end - just to test us all!! Had a great time - really well organised, staff were first class and all riders were really friendly and chatty. Quality of the roads in Stirlingshire are shocking though - potholes, gravel, rough surface. Such as shame the council does not fix the roads properly. Very testing on bikes and riders over such a long route. Thanks again. RKDJ

I cannot thank you all enough for organising what was a great day of cycling. The staff were exceptionally friendly and supportive and the feed stations, lunch etc were fantastic! The only down side for me was the road surface, especially in the last 10-15 miles or so. I thought it was dangerous in some parts and saw some near misses in terms of people almost coming off their bikes. I'm sure some adjustments to the route would be possible to deal with this. After 85-90 miles, the impact of such surfaces is quite considerable on comfort and stamina and potentially damaging to the bikes themselves. Apart from that, a very positive and rewarding experience.