When the sun shines.. ride The weather is becoming more reliable which means it’s considerably easier to plan a ride in advance. The weather we had over the easter break was especially good. If it were possible to do so, one might think that the good weather was ordered in advance. We are down into […]
Read More Aberdovey, Aberdyfi? It’s all Welsh to meThe blossom in the garden and the weather reports all suggested that spring and warmer weather was on the way. The ice warning light on my dash suggested otherwise. The snowflake on the display and the flashing 2ºC had me reaching for the heated grip button. Despite the bright sunshine the wind was strong and […]
Read More A cold day in Wales – Bala with all the trimmingsFair weather riders I was going to open with a reference to my latest ride being the first of the new season but I realised that a ‘riding season’ is so subjective. There are those that ride all year and those that only ride when the weather is warmer and drier. I sit between these […]
Read More New year ride solutionsThe love of the journey Car drivers are often too keen to reach their destination. So much so that the aim is getting to the end of the drive rather than the journey. Sure, that isn’t always the case but these are the day trippers, the caravans and the motorhomes. Let’s not go there. It […]
Read More Three Valleys in WalesWatch the highlights of our tour around the Scottish North Coast 500.
Read More North Coast 500 – The MovieAt the end of my previous post I gave you a link to download my routes. There were a number of options, notably the route that took us off the A9 and gave us a much better run through the Cairngorms. I had used MyRoute-app to create the initial routes before passing them through Garmin […]
Read More North Coast 500 Track logs on MyRoute-app