Introduction

The original concept for this blog was to post a series of videos of my cycle rides, but tests showed that making videos on a bike was not such a good idea. Vibration of the bike mounted camera gave poor pictures, especially on rough surfaces, and the slow speed of a bike meant some pretty boring sequences.
Plan B was to use a series of still photographs displayed as a slideshow, but this too had it's problems with poor control of the sequence by the reader, so here is Plan C where the pictures are displayed in order of the ride and you can scan through them at your own rate,  zooming them to full screen size by simply clicking on the picture.
The cameras are both compact digital Canons, a G12 Powershot and a SX500IS Superzoom.
The bikes are various, a Dahon Groove with 20" wheels and full suspension.  A Dahon Curve SL which has 16" wheels and folds small enough to be carried onto buses and trains for journeys away from home.  For some of the rides my Claude Butler Cape Wrath mountain bike is more appropriate with it's wide range of gears and it's grippy tyres.
So ride with me to some beautiful and interesting places, mostly not accessible by motor car and too far to walk.  The bicycle is the ideal means of transportation for such journeys, being silent, non-polluting, healthy, and most of all ............... FUN!