A spiffing wee run in West Lothian - crystal clear, and views to infinity. Cleish Hill, The Ochils and Ben Lomond all looked stunning. The only slightly irritating thing was I forgot my kettle, so I couldn't grab a cuppa. Essentially the route was A72 out of Edinburgh, turn off to East Calder, through the country park, head west briefly on the A89, turn up the hill just before the railway viaduct up to Niddry Castle, turn right just before Winchburgh, head through Faucheldean, do a right left and take the road to Beescraigs, but I turned down through Bridgend to see if it still says "Welcome to Hell" (If it is, I missed it, it must have faded), turn right back to Winchburgh turn left at the east end of the village, and then take the scenic route to SQ (I take random routes through this quite often...other than the horses it's always quiet) - then Dalmeny, north Edinburgh path home. Not long, but it was fun.
Quite a lot of ice though - mainly on the south verges of the roads. The road through Faucheldean was bad enough that I had to push for fifty meters or so.
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