Fat Bike Farm

Observer, participant, cyclist, smallholder and goatherd at the heart of The Trossachs in the National Park, Scotland

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@staysure ... this is exactly the point. If I am riding my mountain bike (which is my bike type) on the road then I am not mountain cycling, but I am also not covered by your policy. It should be the activity type and not the bicycle I am riding that is the risk!

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@staysure cycling Vs mountain biking policy is very unclear as to activity Vs bike. It seems riding a mountain bike on a road is not covered for liability but riding a road bike on a mountain bike trail would be. Because they use the type of bike not the activity as the definer.

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@grayomtb One of these was classed as "that'll come in handy as a spare"

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@naturaltrossach It looks like hair ice that has started to melt and degrade
https://t.co/4ZxP94jBiU

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@PaulWhitewick I think with 4hrs go to to XMas day 5pm and 20+ hrs to go on the poll it's slightly rigged 🎄👑🎄

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@ianwalker Have you seen this @ross_vernal ?

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@theiaincameron @GarryWalker74 @bbcweather @wanstead_meteo @MarkVogan I asked the Met Office this question in 2018; the Climate Information Centre provided...
14th Jan 1979 when Lagganlia (near Aviemore) went from -23.5degC to +6.6degC a change of 30.1

A diurnal range above 25 is rare for the UK, seeing a diurnal range above 20 is more common.

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@LifeAfloat If tent life needs a break for Christmas, did you know there is a bothy on the West side at Cadderlie?

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@StirlingCouncil This is the A821 at noon, on a Priority 1 route on your map... I appreciate conditions are pretty extreme; but that's why sharing where you *have* actually treated and not just where you intend to treat is the key to winter road safety communication.

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@peerq

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Winter Badger Divide - always make it harder by doing it below zero and half the route with only one pedal

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@leecraigie_ @ScotRail Even room for different sized wheels (though 2 of the 6 are still in the stand-up wardrobe). Dunblane to Inverness last weekend, plenty of spare bike capacity ✅

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@WilliamNB Stirling (Ben Lawers from Killin Junction, stay-in-your-boundaries ride, December 2020)

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

So there we have it. It is confirmed that Scotland is snow-free yet again. The last patch, the Sphinx, disappeared sometime in the last 24 hours. The Sphinx has now vanished four times in the last six years, having done so only five times in the last 300 years. (1/2)

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@mattoutandabout @reizkultur @ScottishHostels @Saddle_Mountain @blackislehostel @Trustinthepark @CallandersLand @VertebratePub @hostelworld Is there a new path all the way along the old railway from Lochearnhead to St Fillans now?

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@29Crown A few around Melgarve at dawn, none at Chiarain. None in the hills or glens in the day (nice breeze). Saw a tent near Kingshouse with a swarm outside but overall great!

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Mini bikepacking bothy tour - totally lucked out on the weather.

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@adam_blair New Laufs eagle-eyes!... Second trip out after JennRide loop. Made the Devils Staircase almost rideable!

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Tuesday tour of the Lake District

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@richpips Cracking day for it yesterday - enjoy the ride