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that green helmet wouldn't help matters eitherOut this afternoon on the Big Dummy to take the camp stove and tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc over to Heather and Caleb who were busy working to get a field and stable ready to move a friends horses into.
It was damp and cold when I left as winter has returned, then just as I was about to head back home in the rain that hadn't stopped since just before my arrival, it started sleeting and hailing, coming down hard and fast. Instantly soaked and felt like I was back at the Strathpuffer 24h only moving a lot slower, hands and toes were instantly numb. Water was flowing down the roads like streams and the dirt shortcut, well, not one of my better ideas
Still any ride is better than no ride. That's what I have to tell myself so I keep pedalling anyway 
It could have been worse as yesterday Brian and I postponed our ride out to Altnabreac as the weather was meant to close in with some rain, snow and 'near' gale force winds. I think my forecast said about 50mph or so. Brian text me midday or so and said lucky we did postpone as he spotted a report that said Dunnet head had reported gusts of 82mph in the morning!
Hope it was a bit drier and calmer with the rest of the macretro clan
Jamie
IMG_0603 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0608 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN5703 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
It was damp and cold when I left as winter has returned, then just as I was about to head back home in the rain that hadn't stopped since just before my arrival, it started sleeting and hailing, coming down hard and fast. Instantly soaked and felt like I was back at the Strathpuffer 24h only moving a lot slower, hands and toes were instantly numb. Water was flowing down the roads like streams and the dirt shortcut, well, not one of my better ideas
Still any ride is better than no ride. That's what I have to tell myself so I keep pedalling anyway It could have been worse as yesterday Brian and I postponed our ride out to Altnabreac as the weather was meant to close in with some rain, snow and 'near' gale force winds. I think my forecast said about 50mph or so. Brian text me midday or so and said lucky we did postpone as he spotted a report that said Dunnet head had reported gusts of 82mph in the morning!
Hope it was a bit drier and calmer with the rest of the macretro clan
Jamie
IMG_0603 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0608 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN5703 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrEvening Macretro land
I needed to use up a couple of days holiday before the end of the month and with Brian and I having tickets for Jenny Grahams talk at Dingwall Academy about her round the world ride for Wednesday evening, it seemed like the perfect time to use them. This sounds last minute but it wasn't as we had planned it a while back, though the spanner in the works is that we were down to a 1 car house the last few weeks so a new plan was hatched to get the train down on the weds and attend the talk, Thursday have a ride before getting the train back up home. Train times etc weren't wanting to play ball with the early train from Thurso not being available, it was either cancelled or fully booked, though I am pretty sure it was cancelled due to a signal failure south of Inverness. Anyway I packed my Carradice with a change of clothes and boots, and after battling a 35 mph headwind for the full 22klm ride into Thurso, I got the next train at 1 pm but unfortunately that didn't get me in to Dingwall until just after 4pm so after meeting Brian at the station we grabbed a coffee and the rode back to Brians for bike talk and dinner with the family. Jennys talk was fully booked out and for good reason, a great talk, such an inspiration really, this word is often overused, but in this case it’s beyond justified. She laughs and jokes and thinks she is just one of us but she is really pretty unique. If you ever get the chance to attend one of her talks then definitely go, you won't regret it. She was averaging something like 160 to 180 miles a day for 120 odd days with no days off, fully solo and on her own with no support or back up. for Jenny Graham’s talk about her round the world ride.
Had a lovely stay with Brian and Sheena, thanks again, before getting up and out early for a ride this morning with Brian along the shore and then inland and upwards to a café we know but unfortunately we were too early! You don't hear that too often So it was back towards Dingwall then back around the shore to a tea room next to the station where we filled on coffee and cake before getting the train back north at 11. Once off the train a short 20klm or so and home. Great midweek break.
I must also say I enjoyed the train journey. I don't get the train very often if ever, I think the last time was when I went down to Brians to start the Audax ride back up home. The price with our local highland rail card is pretty reasonable, cheaper than what it costs in petrol, at this time of year and being midday then there was next to nobody on the train, though you have to book a seat to be able to book the bike, though it doesn't cost anything. There is space for two bikes in each carriage but there are only two carriages so once the season kicks off it is hard to book. The train was comfortable with free wifi and usb plugs for each seat and while it is a three hour trip it is through some pretty quiet and remote parts of the highlands and scenery is pretty special from start to finish. So a thumbs up for Scotrail.
Back to work tomorrow, but hey, it's nearly the weekend!
Jamie
IMG_0645 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0646 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0648 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0654 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0661 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Excuse the dirty windows on the train
IMG_0671 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0672 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
I needed to use up a couple of days holiday before the end of the month and with Brian and I having tickets for Jenny Grahams talk at Dingwall Academy about her round the world ride for Wednesday evening, it seemed like the perfect time to use them. This sounds last minute but it wasn't as we had planned it a while back, though the spanner in the works is that we were down to a 1 car house the last few weeks so a new plan was hatched to get the train down on the weds and attend the talk, Thursday have a ride before getting the train back up home. Train times etc weren't wanting to play ball with the early train from Thurso not being available, it was either cancelled or fully booked, though I am pretty sure it was cancelled due to a signal failure south of Inverness. Anyway I packed my Carradice with a change of clothes and boots, and after battling a 35 mph headwind for the full 22klm ride into Thurso, I got the next train at 1 pm but unfortunately that didn't get me in to Dingwall until just after 4pm so after meeting Brian at the station we grabbed a coffee and the rode back to Brians for bike talk and dinner with the family. Jennys talk was fully booked out and for good reason, a great talk, such an inspiration really, this word is often overused, but in this case it’s beyond justified. She laughs and jokes and thinks she is just one of us but she is really pretty unique. If you ever get the chance to attend one of her talks then definitely go, you won't regret it. She was averaging something like 160 to 180 miles a day for 120 odd days with no days off, fully solo and on her own with no support or back up. for Jenny Graham’s talk about her round the world ride.
Had a lovely stay with Brian and Sheena, thanks again, before getting up and out early for a ride this morning with Brian along the shore and then inland and upwards to a café we know but unfortunately we were too early! You don't hear that too often
So it was back towards Dingwall then back around the shore to a tea room next to the station where we filled on coffee and cake before getting the train back north at 11. Once off the train a short 20klm or so and home. Great midweek break.I must also say I enjoyed the train journey. I don't get the train very often if ever, I think the last time was when I went down to Brians to start the Audax ride back up home. The price with our local highland rail card is pretty reasonable, cheaper than what it costs in petrol, at this time of year and being midday then there was next to nobody on the train, though you have to book a seat to be able to book the bike, though it doesn't cost anything. There is space for two bikes in each carriage but there are only two carriages so once the season kicks off it is hard to book. The train was comfortable with free wifi and usb plugs for each seat and while it is a three hour trip it is through some pretty quiet and remote parts of the highlands and scenery is pretty special from start to finish. So a thumbs up for Scotrail.
Back to work tomorrow, but hey, it's nearly the weekend!
Jamie
IMG_0645 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0646 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0648 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0654 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0661 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrExcuse the dirty windows on the train
IMG_0671 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0672 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
epicyclo":4ygc90mw said:
Wind here hasn’t dropped all month. Bloody jetstream is just hovering in the wrong place.
Sounds like a great few days Jamie, kind of thing that’s only a pipe dream for me at the moment.
Would like to see the Jenny Graham talk. Saw the Lee Craigie “Divided” film and talk at the Bespoked show last year and it was incredible. The spirit and resolve of these riders is amazing.
clubby":1oqha96r said:
Cheers Clubby
hope all is well with you and the family and managing to get some sleep.
Don't worry, you will soon be back into it, and it will probably be different, better but different, you will have other adventures and make some shared memories along the way.
I seen Lee a couple of Friday mornings ago waiting at Thurso station when I went past, she had her kit bag with her. Have spoken to her at the puffer a couple of brief times and yeah, she is not just a legend on the bike but one of lifes good people. Herself and the Syndicate do a lot of mentoring of young kids and especially young girls with not just the racing but all aspects of riding.
Jamie
For me today the weather was pretty rubbish on the main and I had a bit of dismantling to do on the green Mercian as it may be going off for paint in the next couple of weeks, so it was needing the headset etc removed but alongside I thought I would maybe build up the other Mercian KOM I have had waiting in the loft patiently, for far too long to be honest. I thought I would temporarily put it together, then I thought maybe I should build it, ride it and maybe get it painted instead I am nothing if not indecisive
The real thought behind it is one gets painted and the other may be sold, so I want to paint and keep the right one
One is a light tourer King of Mercia and the other is a touring King of Mercia so they are different. Road geometry v's Touring geometry, and I do like my tourers
Jamie
DSC_0289 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0295 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
I am nothing if not indecisive The real thought behind it is one gets painted and the other may be sold, so I want to paint and keep the right one
One is a light tourer King of Mercia and the other is a touring King of Mercia so they are different. Road geometry v's Touring geometry, and I do like my tourers
Jamie
DSC_0289 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0295 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
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