Along with some good friends we set off for a week riding a series of routes in Scotland called the Crieff Cloverleaf. With the NC500 becoming a victim of its own success these 4 circular routes seemed like a great idea for a stressless break away. We booked into Leven House, which is family run, very welcoming and accommodating for our group. There was also a private carpark right behind the house and with offers to dry our riding kit, which was almost every night (hey it wouldn't be Scotland without some rain and drama) all making this a perfect base for the week.
The Cloverleaf routes are essentially four day riding routes radiating out from Crieff to the North, West, East and South with all the hard work done, GPX files with cafe's, pubs, petrol stations to make each day effortless pleasure. The North and West loops are my personal favourites, amazing views, fabulous roads and spoilt for choice of coffee and lunch stops. The East route is still good, well the part we rode, but due to road closures, bad weather, bad 'on the fly' navigation we kinda ended up doing our own thing for the second half of the day! But all was good.
The South loop we split into two half's, one on the way in via the Kelpies and other on the way out! The 'other half' of the South Loop going home, we stopped of at the Falkirk Wheel and then deviated off from here to the Jim Clarke Museum, which is brilliant if you're passing or near by.
We had a great time, thanks to everyone we met along the way, the CCL couple and Nicola and Duncan at Leven House.
