Had taken a couple of days off work with the plan of doing a long ride and doing first century of the year. Saw the forecast was for crap weather both days, but if I left between 6am-7am today it was about the best I was going to get. 5c when I left, and a 15mph W. So more crosswind out to fettercairn. Turned into a stonking headwind for the hairpins at the top of Cairn O Mount ... made that wee bit way tougher than normal. Similarly doing the north side. With the 25mph SW wind made it tough, and it got really windy for the exposed section about 1mile out from summit. To give you an idea, it was that windy that coming down the steep side of CoM I was struggling to get above 30mph whilst pedalling! Then I had to contend with the 25mph SW (gusting to 40mph) for ~ 40miles home. I did this route in about 19mph average speed last time, but this time was way WAY tougher!!