Eating right on the bike
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 15.9.12 Scot Tares finds out that the key to a happy cyclist is filling the engine on your bike with the right fuel. “The food that fuels me as an athlete is incredibly important. On any given day I will only feel as……
Cycling in the Rain
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 8.9.12 Scot Tares is convinced that riding in the rain is good for the soul. “Raindrops keep falling on my head but that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying’s not for me cause I’m never gonna stop the rain……
Cycling and music
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 1.9.12 As Bradley Wiggins brings his mod styling to the cycling world, Scot Tares wonders: is cycling is the new rock and roll? “As a kid, I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bicycle,……
Cycling and Old Age
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 25.8.12 Scot Tares looks forward to retirement so he can get out on his bike more I feel that I am entitled to my share of light-heartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s self simply, like a boy. ~ Leo Tolstoy……
A night-time MTB ride on Ben Vrackie
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 18.8.12 Scot Tares forgets some lessons of his youth, but survives to laugh about it “Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.“ – William Blake For many an ex-pupil of Harris Academy,……
