The snow has strange effects on some people......

Certainly had a strange effect on Barrie and Clive who decided that the Pentland Hills needed a couple of snow angels, from the picture it looked more like the soldiers at the nearby firing range had mistaken them for a couple of terrorists

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The road up to Castlelaw wasn't even  clear enough to cycle right up

Once up into the hills the biking was spectacular!

We met a collie and his hill walking master who thought the snow was just great

There was still a bit of hike a bike where the snow was just too deep

And a bit more!

The final run to complete the circuit

This must rate a the best ever Pentlands snow ride, dry fairly powdery snow and hard frost, the only problem we encountered was Clive's freehub freezing up and ceasing to function for a while resulting in Clive having to push the bike up the seven steps from Harlaw, something he said later that nearly finished him off! It did eventually thaw out, probably a result of his cursing, and he made it home!