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Emily rides Coast to Coast in one day

My friend from uni days, Emily, took on the challenge of riding coast-to-coast across the […]

Riding the Cowal Peninsula Sportive route

Only a short ferry ride from Gourock (or a longer but scenic drive via Arrochar […]

Hazel’s record-breaking 7th Munro round

Extraordinary Munro bagger Hazel Strachan has walked into the record books becoming the first lady […]

Best summer wetsuits for UK waters

The UK might not seem like the obvious place to go for a dip in […]

Kit review: The Clug bike storage solution

It comes in a small box measuring about 3cms x 3.5cms x 3.5cms. It looks […]

GoodSport Manuka Enhanced Anti-Chafing Cream

Rubs, sores, chafing, call it what you want, but every sports person will have suffered. […]

Three different compasses for map reading

Like many people I own a Silva Compass. Silva is a very well-known brand and […]

Fife’s MTB Eliminator returns

The Eliminator Head2Head MTB Weekender returns to Fife this month. On Saturday July 25 and Sunday […]

I nominate to appreciate…The G-Force

I love a coincidence. You know, like when you meet someone and they know one […]

Guide to riding a cycle sportive

My Sunday Mail column focuses on “how to ride a cycle sportive”. Sportives are growing […]

Sunshine (in contrast) on a Corbett: Sgorr na Diollaid

After Saturday’s wet and windy four Munros hike at Loch Mallardoch, I awoke on Sunday […]

Mullardoch Munros: Wet and windy hiking

Scotland’s summer of 2015 has been almost non-existent. But, last Friday, the sun shone and […]