Sun Apr 15, 2018 - Weekend at home with family + a couple of rides

A weekend at home spending time with the family but still managed to get a couple of rides in.
Saturday after lunch Caleb and I put in some miles in the sunny but quite cold wind on the Big Dummy. We managed to avoid the haar that had been hanging around most of the day just off the coast and in some of the low lying areas. T shirt weather in the sun but Helle Hanson and jacket out of it. A good couple of hours out with my wingman. 


Long straight section of road to be pushing into a headwind with 40 kilo of bike and cargo Another straight section with it starting to cool down Today after lunch and getting other things sorted, that you just have to sort I managed to get out and put a few hours in on the Trucker, just riding for the sake of riding. My Trucker never fails to put a smile on my face, really love riding it anywhere. I should have been down with Brian and another group on the Great Glen Way but unfortunately at the time Heather and I had some stuff to get done. In the end it worked out well as I got stuff sorted had a ride, met up with Heather and Caleb mid ride for a coffee and scone out at John O'Groats and still got back around 5.30 which left enough time to put Calebs trampoline back up after winter and sort a few bike parts for sale. My ride out took me along an inland sort of zigzagging route with some gravel tracks thrown in and one of these was about a mile of straight section in the middle just like a few of these tar ones near me that have miles of straights on them. No imagination Was speaking to a couple of guys at Groats that had just ended their Lands End - John O'Groats ride with one them being on a Long Haul Trucker as well. After chatting for a while and complimenting each other for our clearly good taste I had to start heading home as by now the haar had come ashore and it was really thick as well as cold. Luckily I was no longer heading into the wind so had a slight tail wind for most of the run home. Must be a good weekend Hope everyone else managed to have a good weekend whether riding or not. Jamie Behind Stroma you can normally see Hoy and Orkney as they are quite close, not today. Miles of nothing but wind ...(the natural kind, not mine) Decisions, decisions, National Cycle Route 1 and North Sea Cycle route.