As someone who nearly exclusively rides in Scotland, TransEngland had never been a ride I thought I’d get to do, despite the fact that every year the checkpoints are posted, I always plot a route between them just in case! This year the stars aligned and it looked like I was going to be down …
With BAM beginning to feel like Groundhog Day, I set off again at the end of the month, heading out on the bike path towards Westhill. Again the weather was mediocre with no definite rain in the forecast, but twice bitten, thrice shy, as they say, kind of. This time, I was mostly determined I …
February looked like being a carbon copy of the month before, with the usual wiat till the last night of the month forcing me out into uninviting weather. The forecast was better than last time, so I hoped to get further away from Aberdeen than last time, if it stayed dry enough. As I headed …
After a year off, it was time to get cracking with my bivy a month routine again, as I was missing the extra time spent outdoors. I kept with tradition and waited till the end of January to get my first one in, heading out on a Monday night late on, with a bike full …
Retro Walk: 23rd October 2004 Glen Callater 23/10/2004Munros: Tolmount, Tom Buidhe, Cairn of ClaiseAccomplices: Stuart With the munro bug biting, a chance to climb a few munros in a day was very enticing. Stu had planned the route, which for the first and only time was a reasonable one. After an early start from Aberdeen, …