Chris G’s cycling blogs. They’re for me, not you!

 That Scotland coast to coast? The John Muir Way? Completed it mate…☺️ I mean what a day, what a day!!! Who had sunburn down on the Glencorse bike ride calamity bingo card? Not me! Once again when I pulled open the very flimsy cheap blind to be greeted by bright sunshine! To be fair, the Ibis budget hotel is really excellent value for money in what is a very expensive city, £35 isn’t to be sniffed at, and it was clean, shower was good and most importantly, they’d let me take the Ribble up to my room…😁 it is about 5 miles out of the city centre, but on the tram route so it’s 20 mins and £3.80 return fare away which is what I’d done for last nights food, an excellent little Mexican just up from the Grassmarket. The plan was to pop into central Edinburgh as I needed to go and pick up Andrea’s mother day present from her favourite jewellers, Palenque, get some breakfast, and generally act the tourist on a bike! As I’ve done lots of work in and around Edinburgh and always bring the Bro...

 What a difference a day makes! After the debacle of  yesterday, it went relatively smoothly today, crucially by mainly taking the cycling route rather than the walking one in the main! Thinking back to yesterday, I’m just glad I was on my own and not with the usual crew as I don’t think I’d have made it out alive! We all know how Kieran can have a melt down when it’s just an extra mile to a lighthouse, and Dec hates anything that isn’t cowshit free tarmac…Frankie would just look at me with disappointment and Conleth, well he’d be miles up the road anyway! The weather looked promising if chilly, the only fly in the ointment being the wind. Going on the John Muir Way website it states that the best way to do it is West to East as 90% of the time the prevailing winds will be behind you. Apart from the 3 days I’m doing it when there is a block 15 mph headwind going East to West! peeking out through the curtains the sun was just breaking through so a quick breakfast as early as th...