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Scotland - the last post
I’m heading home tomorrow after a week in Scotland. I really enjoyed my time, it can be summed up as follows. Friendly people. Incredibly beautiful scenery. Great roads. Wonderfully considerate drivers. A bit windy. Agressive midges. If you’ve been reading my posts this will come as no surprise. If you…
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Scotish beauty day 7 and 8
I’ve combined two days in this post. Thursday’s weather forecast promised rain in the afternoon. So I set out on a short loop to be back for lunch time. I’d have been finished earlier if I didn’t stop so often to take pictures. I vowed to just press on and…
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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…