Glentrool Midden

29^th March 2016

Got up early and headed down to Glentrool this morning. As we arrived at the visitor’s centre I was a little surprised at the state of the car- park. Sitting in the car looking out over the area all I could see was a lot of rubbish strewn everywhere. Some caught up in the grass at the sides and piles sitting as if it had been dumped out of vehicles.

     

As we got ready to start our ride the Forest Warden arrived. He got out of his van and emptied the ticket machines and then walked over to a pile of rubbish shook his head and went back to his van for a smoke. 

Loch Trool from Green Torr

        

View from Green Torr

We did the Blue Route which took us about an hour. When we returned, the warden was gone and the rubbish was still everywhere. I always thought that litter picking was part of his job.

The rubbish annoyed me so much that I picked it up and put it in the bin. People are so lazy and wrapped up in their own little world that they don’t seem to care what or where they throw rubbish it’s just so disgusting, I sometimes wonder what kind of midden they live in.

Stroan Bridge

River next to Cafe

All in all it was a good trail ride and the weather was fine but alas the café was closed so no coffee and toastie today.

Kirroughtree Again

25^th March 2016

The weather has been so bad over the winter months that I have not been out on the trails since October, instead I have been doing more road cycling. So the weather changed this week and I had some free time so we headed off to Kirroughtree for the day.

There was a lot of cyclists and walkers at the trail centre today but once out on the trails we only saw one other rider on the Blue Trail.

The Wife

We were a lot slower than usual due to it being the first trail ride this year, the muscles were not working very well.

The Gem Stane

We did see a Buzzard and a Red Squirrel but they were too fast for me to get a photo.

Once back at the visitor’s centre there was only three parking spaces left, this is the busiest I’ve ever seen Kirroughtree. I tried to get into the café but there were no seats left inside or outside and a long queue so no toastie for me today.