After 3 months of rain we've had a bone dry April!

Who would have believed at the end of March that the reservoirs would have started to dry up at the end of April? Mr swan looks quite disgusted at the lack of water in Thriepmuir reservoir!

The sky is blue but it's still only April in Scotland and there's still a chilly wind blowing but the trails are brick hard and the biking conditions are top class just now.

The biggest problem these days is trying to go new routes every day!

I've even done part of the "Skyline" but with all the health problems at the moment walked down some of the trickier descents rather than having to phone for helicopter rescue and the abuse that would have entailed!!

There's rain forecast for the end of this week and knowing Scotlands weather once it starts it's not likely to stop for a while, but at least we've had fun these last 4 weeks!

Still on lockdown, but blue skies and brick hard trails.....

This photo was taken last week at the bottom of the final track up to the top of Scald Law but we're told to do nothing risky at the moment especially when riding alone so I didn't do it, though it was very tempting as the track was in great condition!

The top of Black Hill on Sunday morning about 8am and the mist still hadn't burnt of along the top of the hills, it's just so easy reaching the summits on an ebike!

The track up Phantoms Cleugh this afternoon which is as dry as I've ever ridden it, perfect conditions, a bone dry track and an almost cloudless sky, what more could you ask for?

Another week of lockdown but still riding!

At least something's been in our favour during lockdown in that the weather has been dry and the sun has even come out which was something that never happened much over the previous 3 months. The new motor is running like a dream (touch wood) and yesterday I decided on a trip up Allermuir via Boghall Farm which I haven't done in over a year. Needless to say I went off the correct track and ended up pushing up a very steep section of rough grass.....thank goodness for walk assist!

Capelaw has been visited a few times, each time by a different route and I've yet to discover what the 2 steel channels represent, maybe one day.

The bridge over the Esk on the track from Penicuik along to Penicuik House, another mystery as it really leads to nowhere!

The restrictions look like going on for a week or two yet but if the weather holds it's actually not too bad....as long as you have a bike!

Bosch come up trumps again and replace my faulty ebike motor!

We're back in business on the ebike again after a hard week adjusting to a non electric assisted bike i.e. my old Giant Anthem which had only one thing going for it and that was how easy it was to lift over fences and gates, but I'm too hard on it , as it made me realise just how good an ebike is. Full marks to Edinburgh Bike Coop and Bosch for speedy work in replacing the faulty motor in under a week.

The tracks have dried up really quickly in the recent sunny dry spell and makes for a much more enjoyable riding experience

There cant be many more enjoyable places to social isolate than up the Pentland Hills on an electric assisted mountain bike, it's maybe not quite as much fun as riding with your mates but it sure beats sitting in the house or dodging folk in the local park!

Keep safe everyone!