Year Round Commuter, Cyclist and Adventure Seeker.

Back to Arran on my day off. Decided to cycle around it again but this time the opposite way. - got to Brodick just before 11am and decided to head up the way, towards Corrie then Lochranza and the big 2 mile hill. Cracking run down the other side into Lochranza but the breaks were on cause of the ice lol. - I wasn't falling !! Was a beautiful day for the run. Although very cold. Back of Arran is pretty flat and I could remember a few land marks from the Feb 2012 run. Got to Blackwaterfoot around 3pm, 38 miles in. Stopped for some lunch-Then onwards towards Whitting bay and the killer fuckin hills. A treble back to back. - it broke me. I won't kid you on ha. By now it was starting to get dark as I entered Whitting Bay. And clearly I wasn't making the 1640 Ferry so thought I'm stopping. - 2 hot coffees and a chocolate sugar rush, I was on my way, up to Lamlash and the last 3 miles uphill into Brodick. - missed ferry by 40 mins. So went for a beer and chilled. Run - 57 ...

So here is a run down of a 3 day event weekend ! Friday night- Family dinner with her Mum and Dad at the Sorn Inn Sat - 2 nights in Glasgow, Hair done at the Hilton for Missy, then a nice meal for +16 people. Then Arta and messy times.  Sun- An Afternoon Tea at 29 Royal Exchange Square then MA and her pal go for a wee treat The Spa at Blythswood Square....  Sun PM then a nice dinner at Grill on the Corner Home Mon - And recover ! LOL   

So our day came for the big +100 mile 1 day cycle from Fort William to Glasgow. And on my birthday, but more importantly we were raising some money for my ongoing fund-raising for Neuroblastoma Children's Alliance bringing my total to £1200 against a target of £1500. It was an early start. Very early. Was up at 345am, pre packed, I put the bike on the bike rack and went to pick my Dad up, at 430am and then up to East Kilbride to pick Neil up (@aerobic247) who was joining me on another long run. We then headed up towards Fort William and arrived just after 8am. After a breakfast of champions in McDonalds, we got set up, and my Dad was away. No turning back now. - We got set up and left at the back of 9am with a clear thought that based on other +90mile runs we have done, we should easily be in Glasgow for the back of 5, minus any break stops….how wrong that would be. Not long before we are heading through Glencoe, with some stunning scenery. Pass Jimmy Saville's house, notably n...

This has been a very irritating day. I bought my Iphone5 sim free from Apple via the CarPhone Warehouse telesales team and received via a visit to a local store. Sim free, contract free, aware that it should be unlocked to any network. Today I tried an Orange UK sim in it and to my surprise it did not work. After some investigation and calls, to Apple- it appears that when you activate your Iphone5, if SIM free it will then be locked to that network that you activated the phone on at first use. - In this case - O2UK. My call to Apple confirmed this. I phone Carphone warehouse who told me over the phone that this was the case. I contact O2, and after 20 mins on the phone they tell me they won't unlock. - Cant tell me when they will unlock either. Contact back to Apple. They can't help. Contact O2 again. Wont unlock. Now I don't know if this is the same if you get the Iphone5 direct from the Apple.- So like this poor SOD here , it appears that Ive just wasted £699 fuckin qui...

Plans afoot for next sundays +104Miler - Neil Mcmillan (twitter - @aerobic247) and I cycling from the end of the end point of the West Highland way at Gordon Square in Fort William- to the start point in Milngavie - Road Route on our bikes. picking him up at 5am…. leaving the start around 8am. My biggest run… so plenty of practice this week ahead. Hope weather is ok…. Photo from start point and finish. Might be dark when we get there… LOL. - and on my birthday- Im MAD. Please donate HERE - http://www.justgiving.com/Alex-Hamiltonfeb26th [caption id="attachment_1350" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Our Route[/caption]

So a week after Deacon Blue we had another road trip this time a kind wedding invitation courtesy of Maryann's cousin Kathryn and her Husband to be Justin. This has been planned for months as the wedding was in Farnham, Surrey, some 42 miles south-west of London. From where we live just short of 500 miles. So a well planned trip was organised. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300"] Justin & Kathryn[/caption] We booked our hotel months ago, I was ordered to get a new suit, and we also decided to hire a motor, as my old reliable might not be so reliable. lol… Everything was in place, days off work booked and as such, we were ready to go pretty sharp on the friday morning.  I went at 8am to pick the hire car up from Enterprise, and it wasn't ready. -So before the grey clouds came in the Manager upgraded us FOC to a nice new Ford Galaxy 12 plate. All the mod cons, cruise control iPod connectivity bluetooth blah. So we were set for a nice co...