Having moved nearly 400 miles northwards to the north coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland, I have a whole new area to explore. I rode my Boardman mountain bike a few days ago and was rather disappointed with the coastal trail to the West of our village. The ground was strewn with rocks washed up fromContinue reading “Exploring my new area.”
Flower of the Week, 21st July 2025.
If you’ve read my flower and plant based post previously you might wish to have a look at my new site. I’ve decided to leave mountainbiker.online purely for cycling articles but I’m now also writing about the restoration of our new home and garden. We have moved from Lancashire to a 175 year old formerContinue reading “Flower of the Week, 21st July 2025.”
My new mountain biking home.
After well over 30 years of mountain biking in Lancashire, in the North of England, we’ve moved our home nearly 400 miles northwards to Aberdeenshire in Scotland. 12 months ago we had no idea that this would have ever happen but here we are. The motivations for moving were mainly that our only son hadContinue reading “My new mountain biking home.”
My new site.
We are moving our home some 400 miles northwards to the coast of Aberdeenshire. I want to write about the restoration of our 175 year old former fisherman’s cottage and garden so I have begun a new site to avoid confusion with my mountain biking activities. It is available on http://www.scottishcottageandgarden.co.uk There is an awfulContinue reading “My new site.”
Progress in my performance.
I am trying to improve my riding performance after my heart valve was repaired in March. I had naively expected to be just a little down on fitness but instead I found that I was very weak initially. I have continued to improve and can now do something akin to a mountain bike ride. TodayContinue reading “Progress in my performance.”
A real mountain bike ride.
Today was my first real ride since I had my heart surgery. I rode to an old favourite, the country park at Birkacre. I’m building my activity level and fitness gradually so I left home with a plan. I took the route to Eaves Green with the least possible climbing and this was followed byContinue reading “A real mountain bike ride.”
Flower of the Week, 23rd May 2025.
Soon will be the last time we see this. We’re moving almost 400 miles north, hoping life closer to our son will be sweeter.
Riding in two countries.
I’ve mentioned before that we are moving from England to Scotland. Today I rode 8.13 miles in England whilst last week I did 2 rides in Scotland, the second being a 6.61 mile ride to Boyne Castle. The Scottish ride, in glorious sunshine which we.ve been enjoying for around 5 weeks without interuption, was fromContinue reading “Riding in two countries.”
Building my distance.
For some reason I’d imagined that after my recent heart valve repair I would feel fit. Instead, after nearly 2 years of only the most gentle exercise, akin to walking and no more, I find myself in a place I’ve never been. At first 2 miles of canal bank and therefore flat riding was hardContinue reading “Building my distance.”
Back to Healey Nab at last.
I last rode Healey Nab on the 5th November last year. I used to ride it almost every week in the past but due to a heart valve problem, which forced me to ride an E bike, I have changed my riding out of all recogniton. In this time the Nab had deteriorated with vegetationContinue reading “Back to Healey Nab at last.”
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