Eathies Easy ........................

Wednesday 11th of May

Avoch-Rosemarkie-Eathie-Cromarty-Mount Eagle-Killen-Mount High- Avoch -35 miles

Another lovely ride but very very windy. Before i set out i tried to judge which way the wind was blowing but every five minutes it looked like it had changed direction. So nothing else for it ..... i had to 'man up', stop looking for the easy option and just get on my bike and ride.

I headed along to Rosemarkie then climbed up the hill to Eathie, i did this hill on my second ever ride and remember feeling like i'd climbed Kilimanjaro. With a lot more ease and a much better pace i happily got to the top, however i did have one problem, the flies .....i'm wondering right now if i can still call myself a vegetarian, if they're not smacking me in the face they're finding their way into my mouth ....spitting is totally not cool but what else can i do ???

Moving on..... i rode up and down the Black Isle hills sometimes into the wind which was 'refreshing' and sometimes with it behind me, taking in the lovely country scenery and getting high on the smell of manure .....dont you just love country living ??

So i think thats it till Applecross this weekend.... cant wait ;-)

Midweek meanders ....

Tuesdays 10th May

Ardendrain-Beauly-Muir Of Ord-Connon Bridge-Maryburgh- Culbokie-Avoch =28miles

A pleasant ride out in the sunshine, luckily the wind was behind me all the way, it was kind of planned that way if I'm being totally honest...I cycled down to Beauly to get my partner in crime and we went for a lovely wee ride. At the Culbokie turning we went our separate ways and i climbed the hill to Mnt High. From the top of the hill you can see for miles. It was picture perfect, beautiful sunshine, and all the fields looked even greener than normal, stunning ;-)

So there i was on my lonesome at the top of this hill looking at the descent like a kid in a sweet shop, feeling all competitive i decide to switch on my virtual partner (such a geek) and have a bit of a race.. guess what i won !! no great achievement i have to add ... its wasn't hard, he/she was worse than useless ....

Date of the Summer ............Tickets available now !!

Follow this link for all you need to know about the fundraising ceilidh on Friday the 12th of August ..............a night of whisky swigging, kilts a swishing and willows stripping ;-)


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Bring on Bealach Beag .....

Round it or Over it ??? ................... do you even have to ask ??


Cant wait for the weekend, we're all heading to Applecross for a bit of a bike challenge. It's pretty simple really, we just have to cycle 43 miles, the easy bit.... then climb up Bealach-na-Ba (Pass of the Cattle) the UK’s biggest road climb, It rises from sea level to 626m altitude in 10km, the challenge !!!

Speedy Sunday .....

Ardendrain- Cannich - Drumnadrochit - Inverness- Ardendrain - 59 miles 3hrs and 40 mins

No rest for the wicked ................

Just incase you were beginning to think i was getting slack .......hold that thought !!! in fact its quite the opposite...i've been so busy pedalling away that i've hardly had a spare minute to update my blog. In brief, since my lost post, i've had 6 outings, totalling  230 miles, not bad for 10 days. Most of the rides have been local however we did venture up north to Dunrobin as i had the small matter of a charity abseil down the side of the castle to attend to !!  No rest for the wicked ;-)) it was actually really good fun but a little windy.....

get this !!!guess what we saw when we were on our way to Dunrobin ??? an addder no less.....i nearly had a fit, i'm such a girl ........yuk .....you dont see them every day do you ??

Overall the cycling is coming along nicely, my average speed has increased by a couple of miles per hour, the fundraising is well under way, my thighs are growing by the week which i'm not hugely happy about but hey i guess it was inevitable and i've developed a terrible sweet tooth and a soft spot for snickers !! What else to report ..... i've been getting sports massages from the Inverness Therapy Clinic which are helping enormously and making my legs feel so much stronger so all in all everything is tickety boo. We've booked our support van and started booking our accomodation and refreshment stops so it's all feeling very real now. I'm so excited i can hardly wait ;-))))

Hmmm one last thing ....... i've entered a wee race on june 4th http://www.handsonevents.co.uk/Events/Cairngorm/cairngorm.htm

ok must dash, things to do, bikes to clean, accomodation to book bla bla bla bla

1153 MILES CYCLED SO FAR