I’m trying to get fitter and faster so I don’t completely embarrass myself at sportives, and will be able to cycle-trek carrying camping gear etc. Over the last few weeks, I’ve helped teach bikeability at a school in north-east Edinburgh, then spend the rest of the day in the saddle. Here’s my writing about these trips. (Some of it is on my LiveJournal blog.)

• 24 April: Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh (60 miles)
• 1 May: Dundee to Perth to Edinburgh (65 miles)
• 8 May: Edinburgh to Glasgow to Caldercruix (64 miles)
• 15 May: laps of Holyrood Park (42 miles)