Good news. Looks like upper Mullardoch was worst hit. Lightning tracker shows 100+ strikes on Mullach na Dheiragain alone and the north side of the loch is no better. Beinn Dearg (Ullapool) also seem… (View Post)

Ouch. So there is. I hope nobody has been caught out on the Kintail or Mullardoch hills. Whiteouts / blizzards I can deal with, but thunderstorm risk is the one thing I'm paranoid about. Perhaps… (View Post)

Thanks. I would guess a loose headset, as it was a relatively new bike. Only a couple of thousand miles. I've probably tightened it since, but I'm not so keen on rapid descents any more. Ge… (View Post)

I'd worry that a bike built for 15mph might develop interesting dynamics at higher speeds. I found my unloaded touring bike had a steering instability when descending at 40+mph in the Dales. [Do… (View Post)

Had a recent encounter with the NHS via mother in law and it was ... not good. I won't go into the gory details but I have it on good authority from external sources that the ward in question is… (View Post)