Ride 27/08/2016 Loch Earn Loop

Well thats my first 100 miles of the year and what a nice ride it was. The weather was quite good today, a little overcast but with sunshine intermixed in and most importantly little wind. Decided I would do a loop around Loch Earn, something I had planned to do a couple of years ago but never really got around to it. Riding through the country side and Trossachs is a very beautiful place to ride especially when your cycling through the mountains. And given I did reasonably fast 100 miles I don’t feel too bad

Ride 21/08/2016

Bit of a dull wet windy day, but better than yesterdays weather hence the ride today. Decided to ride to Loch Lomond, it’s been a while since I was there and wanted to do it at least once this year. Had lunch at Loch Lomond but of course once I finished it started to rain not too heavy but enough to make me wet through, thankfully it stopped after about 45 mins, and held off at least until I got to Kirkintilloch. So it was rain all the way to Denny where I popped into my Uncles and accidentally reset the Garmin clock which is why there are 2 activities listed today. Thankfully by the time I got back to Falkirk the sun came out and I carried on cycling until I broke 90 miles. So the stats are 92.6 miles in 5 hours and 59 mins at an avg speed of 15.6mph.

Garmin Connect

Ride 13/08/2016

A rather wet and windy day with some sporadic sunshine, was planning to go to Crieff but then the rain came down and I had no wet gear with me. So I detoured towards Glen Eagles and headed back over the Ochils through Glendevon down to Dollar and Alva. Thankfully by the time I hit Dollar the rain had stopped so I stopped for lunch and then headed home.

Ride 06/08/2016

It’s quit a nice day, I even got sun burnt on this ride so I decided to do the Full Ochils Loop which ironically is only around 20 miles longer than the half loop that I did last week I even managed to time it well that it started to rain just as I got home so lucked out their. 6 weeks left to my China ride so will keep up the miles until then

Ride 30/07/2016

Bit of a mixed bag weather wise, cloud, sun and wind but nothing to drastic, so did my Ochils Half Loop.

Ride 23/07/2016

It’s a nice day a bit overcast but warm and I didn’t have anywhere in particular to go. So did a quick loop into Kirkliston, South Queensferry and back.

Ride 16/07/2016

Bit of a dull windy day so I planned a ride to the Glasgow end of the Union Canal, I’ve been to the Edinburgh end, but not the Glasgow end. Now having never ridden this before I was relying on my garmin course, but unbeknownst to me the course would take me on some serious off road cross country routes, which would not do with my road bike!. If I had my mountain bike I could have saved myself a 10 mile detour but I didn’t and thus I had to do some backtracking and try another way of getting there, hence the funny route I took. Anyway I made it in the end and I would have gone back the way I had came if it were possible but I opted to go via the Canal some of the way and once I hit Kilsyth I was back on the road.

Ride 25/06/2016

A dull wet day so did a sprint around the forth river. Had no wet gear with me so I had my foot down all the way round as I was getting wet, hence this is the fasted forth loop I’ve ever done

Ride 16/06/2016 Prestonpans

Well it started out as a dull day but again after lunch it got sunny. Decided to ride to Prestonpans, I’ve never been there before and it’s a coastal ride which is quite scenic. It’s a flat ride with a little wind on the coast but all and all a pleasant days ride.

Ride 11/06/2016

Bit of a dull wet day, although it did start to dry out towards lunch time. Went for a quick ride around the area to work up an appetite for lunch.

Ride 05/06/2016 Evans Cycles Rite It Lanark

Well it’s the perfect day to go cycling, hot sunny day all day long, and as luck would have it I was doing the Evans Cycles Ride It event in Lanark today. Given the weather today I opted to do the long route of 80 miles rather than the medium route I had entered for. It was well worth the effort, a good ride with not too many hills but a bitch of a 14% hill 3 miles from the finish. I didn’t stop too much as I was against the clock, had to be back to the finish before 17:00. I actually shot our of the starting blocks but slowed slow in the hills and the last 20 miles I was a little on the slow side, but I clocked up the 80 miles in just over 5 hours so I’m pleased with that. No doubt next week it will piss down.