Ride 24/08/2013 Round the Forth by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Quick sprint around the Forth.

Ride 17/08/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Another wet and windy day so did a 30 mile loop around the Falkirk area via Airth, Fallin, down to Denny and Bonnybridge then back to Falkirk. Did it quite quickly too.

Ride 10/08/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Another dull day with patches of rain, just pointed the bike in whatever direction took my fancy.

Ride 03/08/2013 Callendar Cycle Trails by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Given that today was going to be a bad weather day, 20+ mph winds and rain with a tiny bit of sun I decided to do some mountain biking instead as it’s safer. I heard about the Callendar Cycle Trails but have never actually ridden them, so had a go at the 4 routes that exist. I would say they were designed for beginners as they are quite easy and very short, all 4 combined equal 10 miles or so. I added a few bits of my own to bump up the mileage and finished the ride at the Helix next to the Kelpies.

Ride 05/05/2012 Falkirk to Creiff by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Another sunny day so off to Creiff over a lot of hills

Ride 20/07/2013 Stirling to Falkirk by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

It’s about 47 miles from Perth back to my home and straight over the Ochils Hills, so I wasn’t in the mood to ride 135 miles today given that it was quite a hot day. So on reaching Perth I decided I would catch a train to Stirling and then cycle back home, all in I cycled around 98 miles today, and I’m not feeling too bad.

Ride 20/07/2013 Falkirk to Dundee and Perth by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

So it’s another nice sunny weekend and I decided I would ride to Dundee. When I got to Dundee I didn’t feel like I had ridden enough, only 57 miles clocked up so I though I would continue on to Perth and then catch a train to Stirling. Unfortunately I used the garmin sat nav which is always a risky venture as it doesn’t use the most efficient route. On this occasion it decided to take me to Cupar Angus first then to Perth just as well I was packing shit load of food with me today, anyway made it to Perth and caught the train to Stirling.

Ride 13/07/2013 Falkirk to Glenfarg by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

60 miles with my foot to the floor! did it in 4 hours, the closest comparison took me over 5 hours for the same distance. I also rode past T in the Park twice, loud music loads of people and a bloody nightmare for traffic. Organisers changed the roads and made it a one way system, thankfully I could still ride both directions but I still got stuck in traffic, and the traffic lights they had setup around Kinross and the surrounding area didn’t help either Tired and hungry now…

Ride 06/07/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Although it’s a nice sunny day it’s just as windy as last week. After last weeks near disaster of nearly not making it home I decided I would keep the mileage low, around 40 miles. I could get a good ride at speed without having to worry about getting back home again. Decided to visit Arria (angel of the nauld) which is a sculpture by Andy Scott sitting next to the M80 motorway. He is also the guy doing the Kelpies sculpture in the Helix complex next to me which sits next to the M9 motorway, he obviously has a thing for sticking sculptures next to motorways…

Ride 22/06/2013 by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Stupid weather day! it didn’t know whether to piss all over me or cook me. 53 miles clocked up in 4 hours but i got hit with a 2.5 hour penalty on top of that just cos the weather was a moron. On with the wet gear off with the wet gear, on with the wet gear off with the wet gear FFS! That and the 13 mph head wind pounding the rain into my face like some suicidal sand blaster and they call this fucking summer! [Rant over] Would have ridden further but got sick of the weather, roll on next week as the forecast is a bit better.

Ride 16/06/2013 Sight Seeing by PaulLund at Garmin Connect – Details.

Did a short sight seeing ride around some of the nearby sights. So started at the new Helix site (still under construction) next to the Canal where The Kelpies sculpture will sit once it’s complete, go to www.thehelix.co.uk for more info on that. Then onto Blackness Castle and over to Hopetoun House and whilst riding back home I stopped at the House of the Binns and Linlithgow Palace whilst riding through Linlithgow. It was a nice sunny day so didn’t ride far or fast