Winter colours

I couldn't think of any particular route for a cycle today, so I put the LHT in the back of the car and headed to the hills.

I had a few ideas for short loops so I just unloaded the bike and cycled around a couple of miles before loading it up again and heading off to another spot. It seems a bit lazy but it suited me.

 

When I was cycling along by Garvald the highland cows were over near the fence. I have been meaning to get a picture of them since Pondero posted a pic of a Texas Longhorn.

Their shaggy coats were ruffled in the wind and the low winter light made their colours really stand out.

Back on the bike and I slowly spun away in low gears up the steep hills to get some shelter in the woods for my coffee. The autumn colours continued with various fungi. I have tried to learn some basics about which mushrooms are edible but if you get it wrong, the risks are a bit high for my liking.

Back in a loop to the car, then I drove over to the Whiteadder Reservoir and had a cycle around there.

The light was getting low so back to the car again, finish the flask of coffee and home. Not the most exciting of cycles but I got out there and enjoyed it all the same.

Lammermuir Rain.

After six weeks of roasting hot weather and beautiful sunny skies my summer holidays finally started. Guess what happened to the weather?

A bit of rain wasn't going to stop me, so off I went in the car with the LHT in the back. I parked up above Elmscleugh and then climbed up through the mist into Monynut forest.

It's as well he's still young as he didn't seem very pleased to see me come pedaling out of the mist.

The trails through the woods are probably better suited to something more mountain bike shaped but I was enjoying splashing through the streams and the hard climbing up the tracks. When I got to the point that I couldn't get any wetter I went back to the car and then drove over to the Whiteadder Reservoir for another very wet pedal.

Coffee under the shelter of the trees and then back around the reservoir to the car to head home.
But, the best is yet to come! I made a wee film. Its a bit dark, but so was the sky.