Well done Andy for organising Helen’s birthday weekend including some of us coming up to camp at http://www.cruachanfarm.co.uk/ Weather was gorgeous the whole weekend. Lorraine and I took a wee cycle along the quiet roads past a Hydro Electic station and sat cooling down with our feet in the burn.…
Mark Beaumont on the BBC
Along with our own effort at MarkBeaumontOnline, Mark’s BBC website is now up and running at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cyclingtheamericas/ Keep your eyes peeled on the Beeb site for all the latest news of Mark’s latest trip. blm
Sunny Sunday Cycle
Fantastic day today – we went for a long cycle to South Queensferry (same route as with work the other week). Lots of cycling away from the traffic and then a bit of food in SQ and then a braw cycle back. Not too tired and being away from the…
New Mark Beaumont website online
After some to-ing and fro-ing, Mark’s new website is online at www.markbeaumontonline.com. Please take a visit to see what new adventures Mark is going to embark on this year.
Higher or Lower
Guess whether Balerno is higher than here in Balgreen… A clue is it took 50+ minutes to cycle out there today, but only a thrilling 25-30 mins rollercoaster ride home. Wooohoooooo
The nights are fair drawin' in
Its getting to that time of year again – the clocks go back this weekend here in the UK, signalling the end of British Summer Time. It means it will be light again in the morning when I get (for a few weeks at least) but its going to be…
End of an Era
Well it looks like I’ve sold the Fazer and so ends (for now) my motorcycling that I’ve been doing for the last 20 years. Genuine reason for sale (as they say in the adverts) in that I’ve done less than one thousand mile a year for the last couple of…
Electronic Gear Shifters
Came across this article on wired.com which is a curiously apt name considering the story… Shimano Shuns Cables for Full Electronic Shifting. For those of us who cycle, the occasional adjustment and missed gears could be a thing of the past with constantly electronically tweaked gears performing perfect shifts every…
Making the most of the weather
While we were lucky enough to have decent Sunday weather we headed off on the bikes to South Queensferry for a spot of lunch. 20+ miles later we got back late afternoon after lots of nice quiet roads and cycle paths – the busiest place was the shore at Crammond!…
More Roadworks
With waterpipes getting laid along the Corstorphine Road at the moment and traffic down to one lane anyway, Haymarket is set to become the next victim of the Tram roadworks. Check out the map on the BBC to see where the detours are. Shandwick place detours have worked pretty well,…