Your Rough Stuff Photos

[mattheus]

Somewhere on YouTube is a video taken by a small group of cyclists doing “gravel” on the Balmoral Estate where they come across an older chap out walking, and get into conversation with him. The older chap is The King, who seems entirely relaxed and ‘natural’ in conversation with a random bunch of cyclists.

That is a classy video

(On the Sunday ride, one of our number managed to delay the car of Charles+Camilla on their way to church! My experience of big black shiny cars on the estate was that drivers were under very clear instructions to be polite to the public. )

[Carlton green]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/miHnxX9TGPEpFFM97

mixed-surface audax thru the Balmoral estate.
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Same weekend, different estate (Mar Lodge; "Linn of Dee" up from Braemar, towards the Lairig Ghru pass):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JS7hVrQDgW3r8X1y7

Took my commuter - 33/35mm tyre, cantis, 1x8friction shift. Severely "underbiked" but perfectly rideable (I didn't take any pics of the more technical gravel in the Balmoral woods).

Nice looking dog, long haired Dachshund? Does it run with you or is it carried?

Under-biked? Better than mine and roll with what ya’ got, it’s what you do with what ya’have that matters

[Carlton green]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/miHnxX9TGPEpFFM97

mixed-surface audax thru the Balmoral estate.
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Same weekend, different estate (Mar Lodge; "Linn of Dee" up from Braemar, towards the Lairig Ghru pass):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JS7hVrQDgW3r8X1y7

Took my commuter - 33/35mm tyre, cantis, 1x8friction shift. Severely "underbiked" but perfectly rideable (I didn't take any pics of the more technical gravel in the Balmoral woods).

Nice looking dog, long haired Dachshund? Does it run with you or is it carried?

Under-biked? Better than mine and roll with what ya’ got, it’s what you do with what ya’have that matters

[RodT]

Bike with crab apple harvest, on a bridle path near Colerne.

[mattheus]

Nice looking dog, long haired Dachshund? Does it run with you or is it carried?

Under-biked? Better than mine and roll with what ya’ got, it’s what you do with what ya’have that matters

Yes, a daxie - handsome chap called Joseph, but known as "Sephie" to his German owners. We met on the path, I don't own a dog but try to take do photos home from my bike tours for The Dog-Lover Indoors (especially terriers and the like).

...however, there was a dog on the audax, A spaniel of some kind, ran with his owner.(It was only a 10kph min speed, which gave the blighter a fighting chance). A brevet-card was made up for him - of course!