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Scotish beauty day 6
Another ride location ticked off. Whitelee windfarm. Again I drove there. For similar reasons to yesterday. It would have taken me over two hours each way, the weather was horrible first thing so I wouldn’t have left early. If things were different I would have thought about it. As it…
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Scotish beauty day 5
Today was a departure from the norm; I drove to the start of my ride. I usually like to keep life simple by using my bike for the whole route. Not having a car is also a consideration. Even when I did have one it’s just too much of a…
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Scotish beauty day 4
Out on my road bike this time.
Ayr Seafront - bandstand The working week has now started. What difference did that make to the traffic and my impression of Scotish drivers? It’s was good so far. Well there were more drivers, but the consideration continues. The drivers here, with a…
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Scotish beauty day 3
A day off from riding. It continued to rain after yesterday’s ride. I woke to the sound of it hitting the roof. It stopped at about ten am. I had decided to abort and visit Edinburgh instead by then. On the list of sites to see was Arthur’s Seat, Holyrood…
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Scotish beauty day 2
It was supposed to be an easy day to recover from the long drive. I know I could have just not gone out. But that isn’t me. I planned a shorter route, just forty miles. To be precise I asked the Garmin app for a gravel route of around forty…