This is a long catch up post to try and log the first half of 2024’s BAM outings. There were a lot of short last minute rides from home this year, as well as a couple of corking nights out further afield, so without any further ado: JanuaryHeaded out late on Monday as I was …
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 …
https://www.theracingcollective.com/transscotland.html Distance: 470km Climbing: 5325m The start of June brought an event I have been waiting a while to take part in. With life, COVID and scheduling conflicts having thwarted me before, this was to be the year I finally had a go at TransScotland! I pretty much plan a route through the checkpoints every …