Scotland · Stirling · Loch Tay

The comeback ride — four months off the bike, a bad knee, and the back road along Loch Tay.

Ridden 5 May 2024, the back road from Killin along the shore of Loch Tay to Kenmore — further out than the usual home loop, into proper Highland Perthshire. This was my first ride in four months, carrying a knee injury that runs through a lot of the rides logged from home turf across 2023–2024.

UK Home Turf UK Home Turf hub Callander to Loch Katrine Bannockburn Bargen / Home Turf (Switzerland) Argyll & the Kyles British Isles hub
Route data (from Strava): 57.6km, 862m of climbing — a serious return-to-riding distance for a first day back.

My own note from the ride log: "First time on the bike in 4 months. Still got knee issues to be sorted this year, cruciate problems."

The Route, From My Own GPS Track

Real GPS route map showing the ride from Killin to Kenmore along Loch Tay
The actual recorded route, plotted from my own Strava GPX/FIT data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

What It Actually Looks Like

Lillie the dog sitting by the river at Killin
Lillie, by the river at Killin — from a visit to the area a few weeks before this ride.
A small waterfall on a stream near Killin
One of the falls around Killin, near the start of the route.
The river at Killin under a dramatic sky
The river at Killin, where the Dochart meets Loch Tay.

Source: my Strava export (5 May 2024), real GPS track, plus 3 real photos from the "Killin Argyle & Bute" folder in the Google Photos archive (dated a few weeks before this specific ride).