Scotch myths

1890 -CYCLING HOLIDAYS

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In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy

On 22nd November 1954, a 16-year-old cyclist from Harworth, Yorkshire, wrote a letter to Charles Pélissier, a great of French cycling and multiple Tour stage winner. The ambitious young rider was seek

Want to cycle 1,000 miles across rugged Scottish terrain, climbing more than twice the height of Everest? Oh, and it’s totally unsupported. Then try the Trans Alba race: you don’t have to be mad to do it, but it probably helps!

Many people associate clans with Scotland, but the word originated in Ireland in the early Middle Ages. It derives from the Irish clann, meaning children, and is used to describe a highly organised hi