Ride Scotland Rally 2022 – West & Islands Bikepacking by MuddyGoose - November 28, 2022November 28, 20220 I can't believe that this is the first blog post that I've managed to write in the whole of 2022 so far. It's not like I've even been so busy that there not been sufficient time, or any excuse like that. Anyway, let's put that behind me and tell you all about this year's RSR and the time I spent with friends old and new, cycling my way around the beautiful Scottish west highlands and islands. Ride Scotland Rally or RSR as it's known to it's friends is a relaxed, organised, but not too organised, bicycle wander around Scotland. Apart from the Scotland part it's actually quite hard to define, pigeon hole or put in a box in any way. And
A few Scottish miles, Part 3 – Glasgow & Edinburgh Edinburgh Glasgow by MuddyGoose - July 25, 2017July 26, 20170 It was a whole week that I spent working in Scotland and so to maintain my fitness for the Tour of Cambridgeshire I had decided to get in as much cycling as possible. Ahead of time I had expected it to be more but I think I'd forgotten about the time that would be needed travelling between places at the end of the day; Aberdeen to St Andrews and St Andrews to Glasgow are decent length drives in the evening after work! Fortunately being May there had been plenty of early morning/evening light and so I was able to get a good few efforts in. Including an evening in Glasgow and a morning in Edinburgh. 1184
A few Scottish miles, Part 2 – St Andrews Fife by MuddyGoose - July 18, 2017July 25, 20170 It's been a long time since my Part 1 post, but I'm of the opinion that it doesn't make this any less relevant or readable, so part 2 is here and it describes my early morning ride from St Andrews Premier Inn on the Tuesday morning of my week working up in Scotland. Monday up in Aberdeen didn't lend itself to getting out on the bike, so after Sunday's ride up and over the Mennock Pass, Tuesday morning saw me taking to the relatively flat roads of Fife. 1166
A few Scottish miles, Part 1 – Mennock Pass South Lanarkshire by MuddyGoose - May 26, 2017July 25, 20170 Any work trip up north has it's positive side, in that I can pack my bike and get some northern miles in during the evenings (and sometimes pre-breakfast too). So a tour of Scotland doing exhibitions from Aberdeen down to Edinburgh meant the bike just had to come too! 1147
Awesome Ride Through Hail and Hills South Lanarkshire by MuddyGoose - March 1, 20153 The weather often plays a part in the memorability of a ride and my recent ride during a visit to Scotland certainly had plenty of both; weather and memorability! This was a stop-off ride, just off the A74(M) from Abington on my way up to Glasgow. 278
Another day, another hill – Cairn O’Mount Aberdeenshire by MuddyGoose - November 6, 20144 We all have our regular routes and places that we get to ride frequently, ocassionally and infrequently. I'm fortunate in that I have a job that requires me to travel and I also have a car big enough to carry my bikes. So I get to ride in lots of different parts of the UK. Aberdeen however is not a common haunt even for me. So when I got the chance to go there this week and I found myself with enough time to squeeze in a ride, I couldn't resist. 380