If your in the market for some new protection for those bits on the body that stick out a bit you might want to have a look at these bad boys.  The guys at Hotlines kindly sent over these for a good old beating/testing on the Tweed-valley hillsides.           The truth be known I don’t usually wear elbow pads but recently with all the more extreme enduro type tracks that are appearing on the hills around the...

Sadly on the 27th November 2011 the legendary Hub Cafe at Glentress shut it’s doors for the last time. The bike shop and hire center closed it’s doors a few weeks before hand which really brought it home to me that this was actually happening – sad times indeed, seems only yesterday when all the tendering debacle hit the headlines.  After 10 years of trading Emma and Tracy put Glentress on the map with their friendly down to earth no...

Photos from Ruaridh’s christening 20/11/2011, anybody wishing to purchase any of the photos prices can be found on the purchase page.

November 19th 2011 here at Innerleithen a classic enduro race was born, 2 stages raced in the afternoon’s unseasonably fantastic weather then fit the lights onto the bike and repeat all over again in the dark. For those not familiar with the enduro race format it’s somewhere between XC and downhill racing but leaning more to downhill. The idea is to cycle your XC or all mountain bike up to a designated starting point and be timed from...

For a while now I’ve been looking to get a presence somewhere to showcase a few photos that people have liked and bought over the last year.  As luck would have it I was contacted by a local hotelier this week asking me to help him out as his walls were bare and in need of new framed wall hangings.  So thanks to Dave at the Traquair Arms Hotel in Innerleithen for giving me the chance to show off some more recent works, albeit in a...