Niels & myself take a hike from the car park to the summit of Meall a’ Bhùiridh at Glencoe Mountain Resort to find some snow and ride on real snow on midsummer’s day. Glasgow had been beautiful and bright but conditions deteriorated as we had come North. There was a mountain bike race on, so […]
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Any accounts I have of travel , holidays or day trips.
Faulty Vans Cirro boots
What a shame! Less than 20 days riding and I see what I had thought were great supportive snowboard boots fall apart. I had purchased these Vans Cirro snowboard boots (£165) from the Board Basement’s ebay site to replace the Vans Encore Boa boots I’d been riding since 2005. The old Encore’s had been super comfy […]
Search for Snow 2014
24th May forecast was for sunny spells but with chances of hail showers and thunder. Graeme and my self decided to go ahead and hike up the Glencoe ski area after it had closed for the season at the beginning of May. The start was an early one. I had my gear ready and got […]
Hebrides 2011 – Tour de Farce
On this trip to the Western Isles I was accompanied by my pals Bob & Norm. Unlike my own solo trips, this generally involved a drink of sorts and of course the good conversation and laughs that go along with it. However, it also meant that any attempt to keep an exact account of the […]
Western Isles 2011
From Western Isles 2011 View the Tour De Farce right here!
Hebrides 2010
This was my second bike trip to the Hebrides and this time I decided to video it with a Flip camera (hence the shake). I’ll add the complete account of the trip when I get the chance. Western Isles 2010 shot on Flip Video An account of my second solo trip to the Western Isles can […]
Edinburgh Festival
Last night we visited Edinburgh to go and see some comedy. Got train from Glasgow (one-way single, on Norm’s instruction). On arrival at Edinburgh, Norm discovers that his return ticket is not a waste after all as they are running late trains. Bob, Jon and myself however have to look forward to paying full amount […]