Back on the mountain bike

 And what a joy it was.  Fall colors have been magnificent, but Aspen trees have now all shed their leaves and we eagerly await more early season snow.

                            Coming off the Sky Trail on to Airline Trail.  Snowmass ski area in far background

                           Top of Viewline Trail with Capital Peak dead center and Mt Daly to the right

                                       Viewline to Ailrline along the top of Sky Mtn ridge

                                The bike trail twisting down towards the south side of the airport

                          The very welcome bench for weary cyclists ( no e-bikes allowed ! ) at top of Viewline.

……. and now to our usual coffee spot in downtown Aspen. The above Wagner Park with Wheeler Opera House dead center. 

Ireland - April 2023

 

Back in Snowmass - October

 

                                              View from close to our house looking up to Capital Peak

                                              M taking part in Aspen's Park run - 3 participants !

                                                    Mt Daly in center, Capital to the left

Ireland

                                                    Iona and Meghan at the beach at Dunbeg

                                                                 Trump land !

 

Brora with Bill and the Loch Morlich swim

 The Loch Morlich swim - 750 metres for Mary, 250 metres for G

                                          Bill Richards on 1st tee at Brora Golf Club

Arrochar with the Yorkshire crowd

                                              Top of the Cobbler

                                    Mike Willis and Peter Chadwick
 

                               The view from my bedroom window at the hotel in Arrochar - early morning mist

                                                   John Foster on way up the Cobbler

St Abbs Head with Jean

with sister Jean at St Abbs Head, Berwickshire

Braemar with the Ryan’s

                                        Iona encouraging Angus on the river Liu at our favourite swimming hole

                                             Cormac, Iona and Angus performing

                                                 The complete Ryan family by the River Lui

                                   A bbq in the garden at Grampian Cottage

                                            Meghan and Iona between the Quoich and the Lui

 

Jane’s and Anna’s birthdays

 

                                 Jane's 40th on the beach at Findhorn Bay

                                              Duncan and Johannes

          

Johannes, Jane , ? and Duncan                                                    The mobile sauna hired for the evening

                                         Anna's 7th birthday party

                                             Jane's 40th birthday party

Camping trip to Gairloch West Sands with Jane, Anna, Elin, Duncan, Oli, Maggie and M & G

 

                                             Oli taking the lead on a steepish pitch

                                                An ambitious expedition, but we did it without serious incident - just !

                                        M at the magnificent NTS Inverewe Gardens

                                     M with Duncan and Jane in between heavy rain showers

                                          Wet but cheerful - at this stage anyway