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I ride around the start of the Scottish Highlands. Here's a couple of my favourite places - they are lonely quiet places and I usually get them to myself.
Excellent! September is one of the best months for that (June is the other one). The heather is stunning this year.My brother-in-law is doing a 100 mile hike of the West Highlands as we speak. Gorgeous area.
Great pics!Took to the road again today and knocked off 40 +km. Bike infrastructure is decently marked inside city limits but that all changes once we hit the rural routes.
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We live in such a disposable society. I found these along the side of the road. Small batteries like these might seem benign but that doesn’t mean you should just toss them out the window.
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The fresh blacktop along our route now has centerlines but could have done with a bit more space along the side shoulders. Fortunately, traffic along this stretch of road is relatively light.
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My better half punches her way through the round-a-bout along MacKenzie Road.
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A row of what seems to be vertical storage tanks used in the oil field services industry.
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Get ‘er done!
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Bobcat sightings are rare around here but once in a while, if you're lucky, you can catch one of these shy creatures out in the open.
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But, but, but, officer…..This guy had some explaining to do as he blew past us in his beater ford pickup. I estimate he was doing well over to 80 in a 60 kph zone.
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As we headed south in the opposite direction along the rural route, the same patrol officer strategically parked his truck behind a grove of trees. We both gave him an appreciative wave as we passed by him.
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My Varia needs a recharge every second ride so it might be time to give up on it.
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Thanks Dave. The tanks belong to Schlumberger who are a huge player in the oil patch. I kind of think that they're used to store drilling fluid but I could be wrong. BTW, a bit out of character for me to post this in the, 'Where you ride your ebike thread' since this was an analog ride. Will try and make up for it over the coming week.Great pics!
I hate littering!
Wonder what the heck is in those storage tanks?
You sir are excused of your transgression.Thanks Dave. The tanks belong to Schlumberger who are a huge player in the oil patch. I kind of think that they're used to store drilling fluid but I could be wrong. BTW, a bit out of character for me to post this in the, 'Where you ride your ebike thread' since this was an analog ride. Will try and make up for it over the coming week.
This ride was on my non powered road bike. The Varia is attached to the seat post and won’t function if it’s hooked up to a separate power bank.The display on my bike has a USB port on it, I have splitter cable attached to it, and one end plugged into my GoPro (it's battery is old and impossible to replace) and my Garmin GPS. I've never had a problem with either device running out of power.
Stationary filters or giant ball valves to stop the flow of petrol.Great pics!
I hate littering!
Wonder what the heck is in those storage tanks?
I miss Cali...After a year of paranoia, starting to get comfortable about leaving my (locked) ebike unattended to run errands — not everywhere, but in more and more places near our home. Today's errand was a UPS package drop.
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Then off to spend some quality time with the Pacific, first at South Ponto Beach (above) and then at Beacon's Beach.
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From an overlook above South Ponto in south Carlsbad, looking north toward Oceanside and dark Saddleback Ridge beyond.
Between a tenacious marine layer and 2 unseasonal storms, August was every bit as hazy and gloomy as June. This was the brightest sun and clearest air we've seen since July. Razor-sharp horizon for a change. And in the original photo, you can even make out the Oceanside Pier, some 9 mi distant.
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Orderly 12-second swell marching in — likely from a now-deceased western Pacific or Southern Ocean storm thousands of miles from here when the swell was emitted days before.
The swell wasn't all that high, but surfers found a decent break on the rocky reef off the jetty protecting the mouth of Bataquitos Lagoon. (Third photo from top.)
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Down at beach level, a typical late-afternoon gathering of gulls on the sand — like the humans, most facing straight out to sea, motionless. Internet sources differ as to why gulls in particular do this when most other shorebirds don't. But it's a very common sight along the California coast nonetheless.
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Then on to the bluff overlooking Beacon's Beach in adjacent north Encinitas.
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See that farthest brown house?
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Down the cliff, it has its own heavily fortified seawall with a private terrace on top.
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Pretty spectacular setting, no? Problem is, the cliffs all along here are failing as they're undercut year after year by powerful winter storm waves riding in on high tides to smash directly against their bases. Sea level rise will accelerate the process. That seawall will only delay the inevitable, but what a place to live in the meantime!
Good news! We all just took a vote, and you're welcome to come back! Not by a big margin, but better than ours.I miss Cali...
Born in San Mateo/Redwood city.Good news! We all just took a vote, and you're welcome to come back! Not by a big margin, but better than ours.
;^}
We left the Bay Area for Colorado 22 years ago and came back to SoCal last year. When and where did you live here?
Bio?Let's share our Bio here and show pictures of where you ride. Show tool if you had to mend something onto your bike, on the field?
Late to the party here but you were in my hood so I felt compelled to ask a question. Your photo of " now that's a bike path " makes me wonder how safe that would be. Driven by many times and always think if someone wasn't paying attention they'd fall off the side into highway traffic. Did it feel like that biking it ?? Also , here's another photo of the little bridge over that marsh:Today I had a plan to do a circumnavigation of Delta. That would include a stop at the office to say HI and antagonize those working. HA!
But... it was windy as heck. The wind was coming from the West, and heading West was miserable at Mud Bay. So...
As I headed South I decided to head East. Ahhh... the wind was with me... I had to get to 30km/h to even feel wind in my face!
Then headed South again to South Surrey...
Serpentine River that feeds Pacific Ocean...
Nico Wynd Golf course...
Nicomeckl River feeding the Pacific Ocean...
Now THAT'S a bike lane!
Too soon!!!
Done like dinner...
Hey Pete, I can agree that it seems like a weird drop on the side. That said the path is so wide it felt comfortable to me. Also there's a 2-3 foot separation from the two lanes of traffic. Would it be better with a barrier? You bet! And I suppose a careless driver could wander up onto it as well, but that is something that could happen anywhere.Late to the party here but you were in my hood so I felt compelled to ask a question. Your photo of " now that's a bike path " makes me wonder how safe that would be. Driven by many times and always think if someone wasn't paying attention they'd fall off the side into highway traffic. Did it feel like that biking it ?? Also , here's another photo of the little bridge over that marsh:
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