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 and it was. We all booked into Leven House which is family run, very welcoming and accommodating for our group, kick started our days with a brilliant breakfast, has a carpark right behind the house and with the offer to dry our kit, which was almost every night, but hey Scotland, it wouldn't be so green and pleasant with some rain right !!
The Cloverleaf routes are essentially four circular routes out from Crieff, North, West, East and South. The South we split into two half's, in, via the Kelpies and out via the Falkirk Wheel. North and West 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 sort of ended up doing our own thing for the second half of the day! But all good.
On 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.
Overall we had a great time, thanks to everyone we met along the way, the CCL couple and Nicola and Duncan at Leven House.
