Spring has come early to Scotland. It’s allowed the perfect opportunity to dust off the mountain bike from the cupboard for an adventure. I’d been wanting to explore the Whitelee wind farm for a long time. Whitelee is one of the largest on shore wind farms in the United Kingdom with over 200 turbines. Generating […]
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Mental Health Mountain Biking
Being outdoors in the mountains can have a positive affect on some people. A test study being run between Napier University in conjunction with Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS) seeks to prove this correlation with mental health. Ten participants travelled to Glentress, the world renowned mountain biking facility near Peebles to take part. Having […]
Glentress Forest Shredding
Since picking up my new Cannondale hardtail mountain bike earlier in the year I’ve made limited use of it. The ‘Beast from the East’ is an awesome machine. Huge 3” mid fat tyres and a chunky Reba suspension from Rockshox make for a fun and stable ride. With some free time this weekend I decided to […]
Taming the wolf with Harvey the RV
Struck down with a man cold during some of the best weather Scotland has seen in many years. I was not one for sitting around the house feeling sorry for myself. With a new mountain bike sitting idle and a van ready to transport it, why not combine the two and blow the cob webs away while […]
RV destruction and completing Glenshee
An epic adventure last year with my mountain bike in Glenshee had seen me complete four munros at the first time of asking. Of the six munros in the immediate area, two remained unclimbed; Tolmount and Tom Buidhe. The route looked a relatively straight forward but long day out. The terrain looked like perfect to […]
Van Life – VW T6 mods list musings
The joy of owning your own camper van is in the amount of endless mods you can purchase for fitting. Anything you can conceivably think of will exist and if you happen to own a VW T5 or T6 van, probably as an off the shelf item. No custom fitting required just pick it, fit it […]