Scotland make it to South Africa 2010

It was the driest evening we have had since the weekend and a perfect opportunity to squeeze in a 25 mile Mountain bike outing before the most important game of the Scotland world cup campaign ............... and perhaps the last!

Bigman and The Ironman headed up over Col du Cleish on the tractors. As they climbed the hill, the council were out repairing a pot hole, so large it had caused damage to someones car and spread oil across the road.

After cresting the top, 6 stray sheep were being herded from the north side however were being less than co-operative in going back to the field. Clearly, Shaun and his football mates from Aberdeen had lost their way to Hampden!

On that point, keep an eye out for another group from the far north who are coming down for an outing to Auchterarder.

The muscle group used for mountain biking feels different from road biking as greater energy is required to hawl the bikes back over Mont VeKnockhill. The plan is to do three mountain bikes trips over each week in the run up to the Cape Epic and still do a distance on a Saturday on road bikes.

As the dark evenings draw in, it is time to bring out the lights. Just as well the winter longs have been in use throughout the 'summer'.No need to search far!

And so it is like this, the only scottish team going to South Africa in 2010 is made up of theBigman and The Ironman. The football nation can only watch their perfrmance through this blog. There will be no tv coverage of the Cape Epic, nor will there will be no tv coverage of a Scottish football team in Cape Town. But, the boys wil be there and you can all read about it here!