Friday, November 28, 2008

Visiting old rides

It's 12:18pm in Belgium, and "Heart of Rock and Roll" from, yes, Huey Lewis and the news, is on Belgian radio.  It has been a week since a good mtb ride.  No, more.  Snow fell then rain fell and now it's just cold as can be.

So since I'm trying to figure out how to edit video I figured I'd tool around with some old video.  This one is from a trip to Scotland with Greg for his 40th b-day.  We arrived at Prestwick and drove right to the most famous of the seven stanes, Glentress.   How do you say super fun in Gaelic?
The next day took us to Mabie forest near Dumfries, still in Lower Scotland.  This one had a ton of woodwork, it was pretty impressive.  From there we drove up to the highlands to ride on the Isle of Skye.  Rated as the best single track in the UK, the Glen Sligachan ride was everything we had wanted - sublime trails, stunning beauty, clouds of midges, big mud bogs and peat moss, and a good dose of freezing rain.  It was excellent.
That was our last ride.  We made our way back to Glasgow the next day and spotted a mythical Scottish creature on the way.

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