2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Chargeride]

Those are beautiful pics by the way

 

[Chazmo]

Now Im sad I can never visit Nasty Dog.

Awesome name for a town!

 

[RabH]

Another blustery day but much nicer than Friday, with a 25mph wind from WSW and a perfect temp of 16C! I made my way down the back roads to Allanton where I joined the main A71 for a few miles before taking the back road to Climpy, a big climb up past the Blacklaw Wind Farm!

After passing through Climpy I enjoyed this awesome descent down into Forth!

I then headed north for a mile or so to take the amazing twisty back road to Braehead, one of the best cycling roads with lots of twisty fast descents! I then had a climb up to the village before this cracking descent down towards Carnwath!

At Carnwath I turned south towards Libberton, where I had yet another amazing descent to enjoy!

At Libberton I had this lovely view of Tinto Hill between the houses!

Now it was time to climb again, I usually descend this one in the other direction and nearly always hit 40mph or more! Its a bit slower going up it...

Part way up I spotted some Alpacas enjoying the afternoon sunshine!

The roads around here are just fantastic!

The views are pretty special also!

Another nice descent with the Coulter Hills providing a stunning backdrop!

Yet another amazing descent!

Another stunning view of the Coulter Hills to the south!

I then had a big climb towards Biggar and yet more stunning views across the fields!

This is the big descent down into Biggar but I turned north for Elsrickle here so didn't get to enjoy it today!

The road to Elsrickle is all ups and downs and just before the final big descent I stopped for more photos of the Coulter Hills!

I continued north towards Walston where I had another amazing fast descent!

This road runs through the Pentland Hills!

At Walston I remembered a side road that I have been meaning to check out and it turned out to be a little gem!

More photos of the Pentlands and the Coulters as I continued along the little side road!

At the top of the final climb I was met with this tough 18% gradient, Ridewithgps reported a miximum gradient of 12.8%!

I look forward to testing this little gem of a road in the other direction! Time was against me now so this was my final photo as I got my head down and pedalled hard for the next 32 miles, passing through Newbigging and battling up the big climb through Kaimend and up yet another big climb towards Auchengray! I turned off before Auchengray to take the back road to Yieldshields before taking the back road to Carluke and another back road back into Allanton! From here I used the same roads home as I used on Friday but this time I had enough battery power left to crank the assist up on the big climbs, I was forced to use eco made on Friday and I could still feel it in my legs today! I arrived home just in time for dinner and I was sure ready for it... Another amazing day on the bike on some of the best roads my country has to offer!