Tag: e-bikes

  • Drookit Susan — Monday Portrait Apr 01

    Drookit Susan — Monday Portrait Apr 01

    This is a fun challenge not hosted by anyone, so if you want to join in, just post a photo.

    Hey there! Check out this picture of my wife Susan, looking like a true champ on our bike ride despite being completely drookit (that’s Scots for soaked) from the rain. We love cycling no matter the weather, and Susan’s smile in this picture just proves it!??

    Rainy bike-ride
    Rainy bike-ride
  • Another Rainy Bike Ride — Fan Of…

    Another Rainy Bike Ride — Fan Of…

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your Fan of… blog post in my comment box or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Fan Of… or add a Fan Of… tag.

    My Fan Of… this week is another rainy day on the bikes with some strong winds added for good measure. We’d promised ourselves a quick 10-mile ride to blow away some cobwebs, so we decided to head to the Forth & Clyde Canal. The day we chose started out rainy & windy but was forecast to clear up by 0900. Susan looked out & said the forecast was wrong, & it was going to rain all day; she was right.

    We wanted to get out on the bikes, though & so got our wet weather gear and set out into 20mph winds & horizontal rain? & headed to the Canal.

    We were a wee bit drookit by the time we got there

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  • Round & Round We Go — Lens-Artists Challenge #290

    Round & Round We Go — Lens-Artists Challenge #290

    Hi All 👋 My entry for this week’s challenge, set by Leya: Circular Wonders.

    It’s been a while since I’ve been able to join in with the LAPC; hopefully, I won’t go overboard (no promises).

    I’m starting off with some architectural circles in Glasgow. The first is the roof of Kibble Palace, then the Templeton Building & the staircase in the Lighthouse.

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  • Bikes, Rain & Crocuses — Fan Of… & FOTD Mar 11

    Bikes, Rain & Crocuses — Fan Of… & FOTD Mar 11

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your Fan of… blog post in my comment box or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Fan Of… or add a Fan Of… tag.

    My Fan Of… this week is cycling in the rain with my wife, Susan, & a big patch of crocuses. This is also my post for Cee’s FOTD.

    Cumbernauld House Park in the rain
    Cumbernauld House Park in the rain
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  • Rainy Days — Sunday Stills

    Rainy Days — Sunday Stills

    Hi All 👋 My latest entry for Terri’s Sunday Stills: Rain.

    Starting with a downpour whilst we were on holiday in Malibu, CA.

    Drookit skwurrels & ring doos in the garden.

    Susan & I are not much bothered by the rain & won’t let it get in the way of our plans, be it a ferry trip on the west coast of Scotland…

    …or getting out & about on our bikes for shopping or just enjoying a ride.

  • A Ride Instead of a Walk — #WalkingSquares

    A Ride Instead of a Walk — #WalkingSquares

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Becky’s November WalkingSquares.

    With some of our trails, paths & roads now covered with leaf mulch & mud, we’ve got some new grippier tyres (Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus) for our bikes. I fitted them the other day & yesterday was our first time out on them to see how they handle the conditions. We headed up to Palacerigg Country Park on tracks that we wouldn’t have ridden on the original tyres; the new ones did very well

  • A Months Shopping — RDP

    A Months Shopping — RDP

    Hi All 👋 My post for Ragtag Daily Prompt Wednesday: Achievement.

    To most, doing a months shopping in one go is probabaly not a great deal; when your only transportation is a pair of bikes, I think it is quite an achievement.

    Kalkhoff e-bikes & trailer
    Kalkhoff e-bikes & trailer

  • Within a Days Ride — Lens-Artists Challenge #203

    Within a Days Ride — Lens-Artists Challenge #203

    Hi All 👋 My entry for this weeks challenge, set by Anne from Slow Shutter Speed: Local Vistas.

    These are our bikes, Stormy (mine) & Kali (Susan’s). These are our only mode of transportation; as well as doing all our shopping with them (yes, we have a trailer for them), we also go sightseeing with them.

    Kalkhoffs at the Forth & Clyde Canal
    Kalkhoffs at the Forth & Clyde Canal
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