A day or two before Christmas, with sleet forecast overnight and strong winds all day, Kenny and I took a train to Caldercruix so that the wind could blow us home. We amended our route plan before we got off the train as we could see the ice covering the cycle path. Our modified route was on a slushy road the other side of the reservoir, which worked very well. Some sections of the descent were very icy so we ended up going more slowly down in places than we’d gone up. After lunch at Beecraigs the bright sun had cleared most of the ice so we were able to enjoy our wind-assisted return to Edinburgh.