Today I bought a car...
Realistically speaking this will very likely mean that I ride less as I will now have the option to stick the kids in the car instead of the trailer and being lazy and work shy, it's a foregone conclusion that the car will often win..
But this also means that cycling will return to being primarily a leisure activity and I'll have a car.. so with that in mind and coupled with the fact that kids are at their grans for the night on Saturday, I've got the maps out for the first time in a long long while to mark the occasion..
At 3.30pm tomorrow I will be heading to Dartmoor, sleeping bag and bike in the back of the wagon 😀
Sbin aaaaaaages
Where you riding?
I'm getting the DH bike out for the first time in 4 years and off to Antur.
Flying out to Morocco tomorrow with a group of riding buddies to ride in the Atlas Mountains for a week 😆 and can't freakin wait, it's going to be Awesome
Uplift at FOD on sunday, looking forward to it as its going to be bone dry and fast. Was a bit damp last time
Local smokel tomorrow Nidderdale Sunday happy days 😀
More to come, but some of us have been out playing already, having had a long weekend start yesterday. 8)
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Beechworth & bright in Victoria Oz the stromlo and somewhere else next week.
Somewhere in/up/down this, depends which way the wind is blowing when I ride out of my drive
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At Scolty today, work tomorrow
Finished building this today and took it for a spin round Pitfichie and got lots of PB's on Strava. Unfortunately I have built it to sell it.
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Off to ride Scolty Hill in Aberdeenshire tomorrow morning......it will be dry. This is a rare thing.
On Sunday I'm heading to Golspie.
It's gonna be a long weekend 😀
At Scolty today, work tomorrow
Was Scolty dry?
Bone dry
Working tomorrow then heading up to Torridon for a week bike packing 🙂
bruneep - Member
Bone dry
Awesome. Cheers.
I've got four days off. Tomorrow is Ben Cleuch and other Ochil summits then getting back to see a friend's band play and celebrate his birthday. Sunday will be a er, recovery day and possibly some Pentlands. Monday I'm heading west to do the Five Ferries on the road bike and Tuesday I'm off up to Aviemore for Burma Road. Spring arrives and I go nuts.
I didn't bother with Scolty today, but did the Loch Muick circuit instead.
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30 miles of dry Dales trails this morning. Apart from descending Stockdale Lane with my fork accidentally locked out, excellent fun. 😀
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Went to my usual place, found three and a half new trails 🙂