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Last year I intended to ride the Gaick Pass on my way up north, but changed my mind at the last minute because of poor weather conditions. In preparation to try again, I had planned out a route using the … Continue reading →

I hummed and hawed about writing up this ride, but as it will be the only one I can possibly do over the coming weeks (or maybe even months), here goes… For quite a while, Colette’s brother, Damian, has expressed … Continue reading →

After the success of our 55 mile mountain ride a couple of days before, I thought Colette might be up for this longer route, as suggested by Ciclo Costa Blanca. “Isn’t that the one you said would be too hard?” … Continue reading →

As the exotic-sounding title suggests, we were not in our usual haunts for this ride, but on holiday in the Costa Blanca. Colette and I fancied some (almost) guaranteed sun for a cycling holiday after a long winter of taking … Continue reading →

Day 1: Glen Glass Colette and I went off for a few days up north, with the hope of getting some cycling in. We managed three days in a row, which is pretty good going, considering the weather at this … Continue reading →

I’d planned for us to do this ride towards the end of Decamber, but we didn’t manage to get round to it until the new year. Going round and round the same old local roads was beginning to lose its … Continue reading →

This November has ended with a particularly cold snap, which has made getting out cycling problematic. Today’s forecast was for clear, sunny skies, but with the temperature here not likely to rise much above zero, it was a bit too … Continue reading →

We are back closer to home territory this time, with a short ride commencing in Lauder. We could have started off from home, but that would have added another 30 miles to the ride, and then we couldn’t do it … Continue reading →

This ride is the last in my short “tour” to Inverness, in which each day’s ride was a separate event, rather than a proper tour of sequential days of cycling, with overnights in B&Bs. It also formed the last link … Continue reading →

Last year, we didn’t do our annual cycle adventure with Colette’s brother Damian, so when he came up with a potential route for this year, we got it arranged ASAP, lest we miss the chance. Damian has been climbing various … Continue reading →