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Tuesday, 24 May 2022

A long day

today we had a long day, starting with nearly 70 miles through Glasgow to Falkirk, for the life celebration of one of my cycling team's founding members...a much better description than funeral...and he was a modest man with a long and distinguished  palmares in cycling and employment.

Then over to near Bathgate, Edinburgh, for a meal and people sharing memories.

I had written out the route instructions for Pirate...that kept him busy!!

It was a really beautiful day for his send off...a few showers and a rainbow when we finally arrived home.


On the last leg we passed this bing (spoil tip)...it's the end one of about five left in a group on the edge of West Calder.

Not coal...but the remnants of processed oil shale....I was very fortunate to spot the one stopping place by a farm gate, to stop and take this image.