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After 6 days of truly awful weather it was good to get back in the saddle today, we did have an ice warning until 10am so I waited until after 11 to be safe! The afternoon temp was 5C but light rain was due around 3pm and sleet/heavy rain was due to arrive around 4pm! Amazingly they got the...

Another rainy day but I spotted an opportunity to get out when the rain stopped late in the morning, the forecast wasn't looking good but I decided to just go for it! The easterly wind was back and around 25mph, although it didn't feel as cold as it did recently! I had a rough route planned in...

The forecast was showing rain all day today and pretty much the same all next week, but when I woke this morning it wasn't raining so I made the decision to chance it! I managed 25 miles before I saw any rain so I think I made a wise choice! I needed 46 miles to reach 44000 miles on my awesome...

I wasn't holding out any hope of getting out again this week but I spotted a weather window this morning, when I say a window it was one of those tiny ones... 😂 A 40mph ENE wind and a 30% chance of rain, what the heck its only wind and some possible rain! ;) My thought process was if it did rain...

I'm sure you would love it, depending on the weather... 😂

I forgot to mention in my last post about my 100 mile ride, my heated gloves lasted for the whole ride at the lowest setting and I actually had 4 bars left on one (they only have 4) and 3 on the other which is very impressive! Today they got a test in the wet and passed with flying colours, I...

The Whitelee wind farm has 215 turbines supplying over 350,000 homes around Glasgow and the surrounding area, it spans across 3 counties!

Its a ride I've done many times in all seasons and it always looks amazing, of course its more fun when its warmer.. ;) Yes its massive, I can actually see it from home on a clear day and its a good 30 miles away! Mudguards all year round!;) I just wash it thoroughly!

I needed 75 miles to make 500 miles for January so I had a ride planned in my head for today, I was going to head down to Lanark and enjoy the A70 all the way to Muirkirk! When I woke this morning I had a change of mind and decided a 100 miler was a possibility, it was around 4C with a feels...

Last Thursday I braved a bitterly cold 30mph easterly wind and although I had a great 50 mile ride I lost my front light at some point and got a rear wheel puncture 2 miles from home, throw in some rain showers also and you get the picture... Fast forward to today and we have the same 30 mph...

60F in winter, we are lucky to get that in summer... 😂 What a beautiful place to ride your bike, even with grey skies!

Some pics from a windy 54 mile ride today!

A chilly day with frost lingering well into the afternoon so I decided to stick to the main roads as much as possible, we had a chilly SE wind but at least it was only around 10mph! After some climbs I had this awesome descent down into Harthill, I usually hit over 40mph down it when we have a...

Thanks Chaz, the build started in June 2011 and wasn't completed until August 2017! The original Forth Road Bridge (the one you can walk and cycle over) couldn't handle the amount of traffic and it was taking a pounding, it was always closed due to winds and really bad for the economy! I did...

No prizes for guessing where I would pick... ;) I picked the right day yesterday, woke to some snow this morning!

My 3rd ride in 4 days, after a slow start to the year things have got going nicely! 192 miles with over 12k ft of climbing already, my 60 miler on Monday had more elevation gain than today but only just! The elevation map tells the story of today's ride... It was 4C when I set off at 9am with...

I will give the weather forecasters their due, they got it right today! It rained all morning and it didn't look like it would stop, just after midday the sky started to clear and within 20 minutes the sun broke through! I grabbed my chance and set off at 12.40pm with blue skies and sunshine...

I finally got 2026 underway after 2 weeks of truly awful weather, we finally got a milder SW wind that brought heavy rain yesterday and melted most of the ice! It was a pretty gusty wind around 30mph so I decided to enjoy a tailwind to start my ride as I headed NE towards Shieldhill, where I...

Still no cycling here, we are experiencing the same cold snap as last January when my first ride wasn't until January 14th! The weather has been lovely though and I have been enjoying some nice walks, this morning I drove to Falkirk and visited Callendar Park in the centre of town! I treated...

Big props to you Bob for getting the miles in with all this going on, best wishes to you and your wife!