In November Mark Beaumont will be giving a series of talks in Edinburgh, Birmingham and London about his world record breaking cycle around the world and letting you know how you could become part of the World Cycle Challenge.
Places are free but limited so please apply early if you would like to come to one of the talks, details of each one are here.
14 of us heading out across Voodoo hill last night, and as we made our way down the steep gravelly trail by the waterworks, we attracted the attention of a police helicopter that followed us for 10mins, searchlight giving our lights a run for their money. Quite a rush, hacking down singletrack in the dark, with a chopper thunderously hovering not-very-far-above, and dodging the searchlight through the trees.
Due to the number of folks going, we’ve had to move slightly further afield and have booked out Ardenbeg Bunkhouse in Grantown-on-Spey. Everybody that has confirmed that they are going should have received an email with instructions for how to pay your deposit. If you think that you are going and you have not received such an email, let me know ASAP, either here or email me directly.
We might have a couple of spare beds for anybody else that would like to come. Again, contact either me or Dawn.
Saturday 8 October, 10am-4pm
Albert Halls, Stirling
Free admission
See the Mountaineering Council of Scotland website for further details.
The organisers of Cowalfest have asked me to pass on details of MTB rides that they are running; the full list is here. Continue reading
I’ve not heard from Andy since Wednesday, so I’m assuming that the demo is still going ahead. I’d previously suggested that folks should be skulking about the car park from 6:30pm in order to grab a set of lights, ask questions, etc., in order to avoid delaying the ride. I’ll try to be on hand to ensure that paid-up members get priority :~) Last forecast I saw was that it was going to be pretty filthy during the aftenoon, but the deluge should abate by the time that we set off. So far, all that have expressed an interest should be OK.
For those that haven’t spotted the new link over on the right, there’s a copy of the flyer here.
No time for a ride report right now, but some photos on the GMBC Flickr account.
Andy Fellows from Ay Up lights will be joining us for the ride next Tuesday (6 September) and will be bringing along around 10 sets of demo lights for us to fight over. Continue reading
Heading up north next week with bikes and walking boots. Does anybody have any recommendations for must-do XC routes around Applecross, Torridon, Achmelvich, and Ullapool? Continue reading
