24 Seven Report

24 Seven Report

At the end of last year a new event by Durty Events caught my eye. It raised a question I don’t ask very often: Can I complete that. It is a 24 hour event. The aim being to complete all of the 7 stanes mountain bike trail centres and ride the connecting road sections...
Active Highland Holiday (Sat May 15 – Sat May 22)

Active Highland Holiday (Sat May 15 – Sat May 22)

Here is a short account of our recent holiday to the Highlands in a hired camper with the pictures telling the other half of the story. Our first holiday since summer 2020 but as usual it isn’t a lounging around type of affair. We tend to end up more fatigued by the...
Ride Reports: 2 Tours, 2 Weather Warnings

Ride Reports: 2 Tours, 2 Weather Warnings

One of the plans I had for this year was to do more cycling and enter some events to that effect. The more cycling was definitely happening as I have now surpassed 5000km for 2016 which is around 2000km more than I had done in 2015. This is to a degree at the expense...
Race Report: Strathpuffer 24

Race Report: Strathpuffer 24

The Strathpuffer 24 hour mountain bike race takes place in mid January in the North of Scotland which means that there is likely to be winter weather such as snow, wind, rain and freezing temperatures. There is definitely going to be a lot of darkness. If you...