A very chilly 108km ride this morning. Type 2 fun for two hours till it thawed out a bit, not quite sure how I remained uprights at some points. Coasting along what looked like a flat bit of road and having the rear repeatedly snap away on the ice, wasn’t much fun. Almost wished I’d still had the 40mm nobblies on the gravel bike, as I’m assuming the local slop would’ve been frozen solid(ish), and a lot less slippy.

Plus off camber back roads with ice down each side and crap down the middle. They were fun too…

God I am jealous, I have spent 4 hrs on my turbo trainer since Friday. All of these pics look amazing.

Borrow dale Bash Yesterday Skiddaw today great weekend to be out!

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Started both of this weekend’s rides in sub zero temperatures, but the sun was worth it. Long time since I have seen sunny blue skies and it really raised the spirits.

I haven’t ridden off road for months since the non stop rain turned the trails round here into permamud. Nearest I have come is the gravel bike on the crappiest roads that Surrey has to offer.

Dunkeld on saturday

Glen Finlet/Glen Prosen/Glen Uig on sunday

I’m taking a run at the bivvy a month thing, lets see how I do.

We had an ace couple of days with an old group of mates at Coed-y-Brenin. 29km Saturday – Basically the Beast but with some of the longer drags cut out and replaced with more fun stuff – then 23km Sunday – Loop 1 of Minortaur to warm up then Tarw Du. Cracking weather both days, clear and sunny but cold.

Frosty Sunday morning

Start of Tarw Du

Mate on one of the Slabs

Bright, Crisp & Beautiful spin in the local woods with MrsReady.