Mrs P is from the borders so I have visited Scotland many, many times. We have great friends on the west coast which I've visited many times, I've toured the west coast and the Outer Hebrides. In all those years only once had a midge problem - mainly that was looking out of a kitchen window watching a French friend do battle with a BBQ which the kids had been promised but was being eaten indoors.Blimey Mo.....forcast to be hot and sunny here for at least 10 days. Goodness knows when Dirk and other suveners will get rain.
BTW.... where you are, are you affected by seasonal midges??
I have always booked Scotland holidays outside midge season as it looks horrific.
I think the West coast is worse for them. I hate the little blighters. I remember a few years ago I had a puncture on the bike one morning and stopped under a tree to change it. I was getting eaten alive. Was never so glad to get moving again.Mrs P is from the borders so I have visited Scotland many, many times. We have great friends on the west coast which I've visited many times, I've toured the west coast and the Outer Hebrides. In all those years only once had a midge problem - mainly that was looking out of a kitchen window watching a French friend do battle with a BBQ which the kids had been promised but was being eaten indoors.![]()
Part of my essential equipment which is always with me is a midgy hood. Not he most comfortable thing but at least gives the head some protection.I think the West coast is worse for them. I hate the little blighters. I remember a few years ago I had a puncture on the bike one morning and stopped under a tree to change it. I was getting eaten alive. Was never so glad to get moving again.
We've had a shower, now the suns out, trying to figure out what to wear, conflicting weather reports and at the moment its a bit fresh for shorts but too warm for tights.
This has been puzzling me. An amazing time for a 14 year old even now. But you say in a later post you were born in 57 ? So you recorded this in 71 ? Surely that would make it a UK comp record not just a club record. The CTT site lists the boys comp record as 21-47 in 1978, the girls’ was 21-36 as recently as 2013.My club PB for a 10 was 21' 27'' at age 14. I think it may have been a club record for the age group at the time.
Have you got this in an envelope for me yet????
My dad used to tell us when we were kids "If you rub salt on your head, the hair gets thirsty and comes out for a drink, then you tie a knot in it so it doesn't go back".Have you got this in an envelope for me yet????