Thorn Sherpa with Rohloff

[julk]

Not sure if this is on topic, but

Took our church cycle club out for our last fun ride of the season on Sunday.
Weather sunny but cold. You can see the local geese have decided to wing it.
On the way back we stopped off at the local swings for the youngsters to have 5 minutes off the bikes as the sun was nearing the horizon.
Julian.

[rualexander]

I've just been down memory lane too. Brilliant shots of Mull; a very special place indeed. I tried to stay at the Kinloch hotel once after my Vango was battered into submission. The owner took one look at my bedraggled mate and me and said 'sorry we are full'. Undaunted we pushed on to Tobermory and stayed at Mad Morag's and had a great time.

The Kinloch Hotel is up for sale just now if you want to make it more cyclist friendly and have some spare cash sitting around,
http://www.bellingram.co.uk/properties/show/632

[rualexander]

Got a nice day for a ride at last, been weeks of wind and rain here, so took the camera out and got a few good shots of the area around Biggar in central Scotland.

[rualexander]

And some more,

[Danneaux]

Stunning photos, as always, Rual, and a true pleasure to see and see again. Thanks so much for posting these "windows on your world".

And...! I am so impressed! You have seen the Biggar/Better Santa! Beats the model we have all-hollow. 

All the best,

Dan.

[jags]

where did they find that name QHQ from
pic's are class Rual but looks COLD

[rualexander]

Wasn't particularly cold today jags, a lot of water on the roads though, run off from the fields, and some flooding in the valley.
Yeah, Quothquan is a particularly strange placename, not many places with one Q in them in Scotland, never mind two!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quothquan

[jags]

Cold here Rual  lots of frosty mornings good excuse for me not to cycle.

[sg37409]

Nice pics indeed. A lot of nice roads down that neck of the woods.

[John Saxby]

Biggar in central Scotland

Great photos as always, Rual!  And as for Biggar in central Scotland--well, who knew??  Shoulda known, I guess:  in Canada, there are many many Scottish placenames, and Biggar, Saskatchewan, is well-known for its sign on the town limits:

"New York is big, but
This is Biggar, Saskatchewan"

Fairs beggars the imagination, eh?  And a punny new year to youse all.

[rualexander]

Nothing new to report on the Sherpa just now, but just back from two weeks cycle tour of west highlands and western isles, starting and finishing in Ullapool.
Fantastic trip, only one wet day, spent the grand total of £22 on accommodation (camping) as nearly all wild camping, and about £100 on food etc, £60 on diesel getting to and from Ullapool, £23 on the wonderful Calmac ferries, so two weeks great holiday for the price of around £200, bargain!

Photos now on Flickr, slideshow here     https://www.flickr.com/photos/rualexander/sets/72157644580920860/show/with/14329210441/

[jags]

magic no other word for it


jags.

[macspud]

Fantastic photos!!!   
What was you're trip route?

[triaesthete]

 Mesmerising.

[rualexander]

Fantastic photos!!!   
What was you're trip route?

Ullapool - Poolewe - Gairloch - Kinlochewe -  Coulin Pass - Kyle of Lochalsh -  Uig -  Lochmaddy - west coast of North Uist - Berneray - Leverburgh - Luskentyre - Tarbert - Great Bernera - Carloway - Stornoway - Ullapool