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I sometimes have to wait but most of the roads are pretty quiet, we are very blessed here to have quiet back roads everywhere!

Our weather this week is looking pretty dismal for the most part, today it was very windy once again but thankfully dry so I just had to get out! The wind was pretty much directly from the south and gusting at almost 40mph so I planned a route down to Muirkirk in Ayrshire which would be 40 miles...

Thank you, Charles! Just my trusty Galaxy S23 which takes amazing photos!

A bit of an epic ride today in blustery conditions once again, not just as bad as Tuesday but enough to make me work hard on the way back! ;) Lots of climbs and descents and twists and turns, my bread and butter and some of the best cycling roads around my area! The wind was from the SW so I...

Sorry to hear this, my deepest condolences to you and your family!

Our weather has been crazy since the weekend and the forecast today wasn't looking very promising either with gusty winds and heavy rain showers in the morning! I had lunch and had a look at the sky and decided to go for it, thinking I was going to get wet but I just wanted to get out and get my...

Our amazing weather is set to come to an end at the weekend so I wanted to get a big ride done before the much needed rain returns! It was a chilly start at 7.30am, the forecast said the wind would be from the NE and around 15mph at first and increasing in strength as the day progressed! Right...

Back to the racing at Knockhill today, it was their 50th anniversary car race meeting and once again the weather was amazing! With light winds forecast for the morning and a 30mph NE wind expected in the afternoon I was very excited about my ride home with a cracking tailwind pretty much all the...

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It's actually free here, one of the few things that are...

Its actually the 32 year old MV Caledonian Isles that's in dry dock at Birkinhead for extensive repairs! The new ferry is amazing, I thought the engines had actually cut out because it was so quiet... 😂

It had been almost 2 years since I visited the Isle of Arran on the west coast of Scotland, last year the ferries were a shambles so I decided not to chance it! At the start of this year the long awaited new ferry (Glen Sannox) finally took to the water, 7 years later than planned and I have to...

The file size for your image needs to be less than 1.5mb so you can either lower the quality or crop it! Good to see you posting again, I'll try not to slack too much in the coming months... 🤣

Yet another glorious day so I just had to make the most of it and enjoy it while it continues! I set off at 7.15am and it was a little chilly so the long finger gloves kept my hands warm, the temp was set to increase to 19C as the day progressed! There was very little wind at this early hour but...

Back in the saddle after a 5 day break, my last ride really wiped me out with that 30mph headwind for almost 60 miles! Once again it was windy but only around 20mph this time, it was a glorious day though with a perfect temp around 16C! I made my way NE over the back roads to Falkirk, stopping...

We call it rapeseed here, I'm not a fan of the smell but it sure looks pretty! Thank you for your kind words, Charles! They are definitely aware of your presence but it's more fear than curiosity I think, Jeremy! The lambs usually run to mom so... 😂

On Monday I went out on a warm up ride for today, I ended up doing almost 67 miles and 4600ft of climbing when I was supposed to be doing an easy 50 miler... 😂 The result was I had tired legs today but I had a lovely tailwind for the first 55 miles which helped immensely! I decided to head up...

It dates back to cattle rustling days! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Beef_Tub My Road E has sure served me well, just over 7 years and 38,323 miles and it still rides like new! 👍

I have been waiting for the right conditions to drive down to Peebles to cycle from there to Moffat and back, today was ideal so I got up early and made my down to Peebles in the car! Well I stopped in a layby about 6 miles away to avoid the busy town, its much easier to negotiate it on the...

Strong sun? in Scotland? Feels like temp was 9C... 😂