Category Archives: Trips

’twas a Friday afternoon and one of the lads suggested a wee jaunt out to get me to “ride it” again, I said it was unlikely to happen in one shot, but it’s worth the go anyway.

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A.K.A. “Watch out – potential unintended collateral damage”

West Lothian. 68 days post failed flying lesson. About as broken as I was in January.

I’m back. Kinda… If a bike could limp, mine would.

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Okay, so first thing is first.

I realise that there may be several people from my work who will see this post and website on account of what’s been going on -this website is a personal one and does not reflect the views of my employer or colleagues. There is bad language, mockery and a small amount of abuse here – it’s all tongue in cheek and those who know me, know it’s meant with a certain level of affection and not to be taken seriously.

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Scotland.

Late January.

Temperatures in low, single digits.

Fair weather though, and it’s not freezing overnight – does that sound like a good time to go out for a ride in rural Scotland on some of the more treacherous roads out there?

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Mid November. Ther ‘perfect’ time to be out on two wheels…

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This week, we went to Wooler with our wikes bikes.

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Out for a wee bit of back road bashing, again. It started as a wee trip South, just to see what happens.

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Today, the “Muirhell Angels share” posse hit the roads and went to the lake district. Motorways, ducks, mountain passes and hopefully some rider improvement all ensued.

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For the first ride of significant length as the only biker in the party, we decided that we were off to the in laws to see visiting family- thankfully my father-in-law and brother-in-law are also bikers and wanted to have a look at the machine I’d decided on, so the missus was on 4 wheels, while I was on two.

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