Northumberland beach riding; 4/8...

The rain and clouds had long since passed as we slowly winched up the long beach at Ross Back Sands,   It was tough but steady into the constant wind and the wet sand was firm below the high tide line of the retreating tide...

We eventually neared the point and looking back we had come a long way when comparing it to the OS map...

Across the narrow channel was Lindesfarne, being the start of the English Bank Holiday weekend it would be absolutely packed with folk as the steady convoy of vehicles crossed the now open tidal causeway  in the distance, 

Nearer to us moving was a huge group of seals, we slowed down and approached even slower than we were doing to not spook them too much and they slowly started to move off into the water where as seals always do they bobbed about watching us pass by...

And finally we were here at the twin towers, as I have always referred totem when looking across to here from Lindesfarne....

Wee film, Song is `Aquarius` by Boards of Canada,

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1 year on at work, and 10 Years on of Fatbikes here in Scotland...

Yesterday morning - Wednesday, and a sunny Autumn morning...

Another day and a Year yesterday since i started my new job at Archerfield and i`m real happy here...
Today was dry and windy so out lifting leaves...

The Gardeners will use this for compost next year once it breaks down...

Afternoon spent strimming around the Pond...

While overhead one of the vintage aircraft - a Bulldog flew around...

Halloween this weekend and it was today just before Halloween 10 years ago i picked up my Surly Pugsley at The Hub at Glentress Trail centre...

Same weight again as this chap 10 years ago but hair was a bit thicker back then!...

If a regular reader on here you know how things got to owning this bike.
If not then click on this link here to read; How i was drawn to the Fat Side...

The frame and fork is all that remains of a Triggers Broom Surly Pugsley that has seen many changes,
including 3 paint jobs, 2 other owners, before turning home,
It has been ridden over 13,000 miles, including the two coldest winters on record in Scotland in 2010 and 2011, in the last 50 years, Seen 3 Girlfriends come and go, and some friendships too!

But most of all the bike still makes me smile when i take it for a cycle, it still rides great,
Surly maybe makes better handling bikes now these days in both Fatbike tyre sizes, but the Pug is still one of the most versatile frame sets ever made yet...

Can a Bicycle be life changing?...
After severe depression from a head injury (Fractured Skull) in a Downhill crash in 2004, and then the 2004 Open Access Code of Scotland finished trying to ride green lanes (Old unmaintained roads) on Motorcycles in Scotland i was wandering through life day to day with no real sense or purpose with the driving to the Tweed Vally to ride Glentress and Innerleithen a real drag and time consuming of weekend hours.
Home one Saturday from a day at Glentress that took a 7 hour round trip for a 2 hour ride i flopped in a hot bath and opening Singletrack Magazine that had been delivered that day through the letterbox my Jaw hit the floor when i opened the `Bike Porn` page to reveal the Surly Pugsley - it was a lightbulb moment...

Be yourself whatever...
I think if you find something that gives you a vehicle through life that brings you happiness and enjoyment then go with it and ride for yourself and others will like you for who you are and what you are... build it and they will come...


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