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Mark‘s next documentary is starting on BBC 1 Scotland in a weeks time (Tuesday 23rd at 10:35pm)

Radio Times Link

Having been lucky enough to see the first of the three parter already and it is definitely a must watch if you like Mark’s style and stories from on the road. A lot more focus on stopping to see what is happening rather than on the world record this time. Fascinating insight into the struggles of the mountaineering and time on the road though.

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It’s been a wee while since my last puncture but this one happened right in the middle of Princes Street on my way home last night!

Thought the bike felt a bit slow then when I went to change direction the front end felt like mush – flat as a pancake. It wouldn’t stay pumped up but fortunately I had a spare tube and tyre levers with me so fixed it in the grounds of the church at the West End.

The worry – like when I last fixed a puncture – was that I hadn’t found the cause (and I hadn’t) and I was just going to get another flat. No such problem this time – home fine and fixed the other tube which is now my spare. Must have been a sharp stone or bit of glass as there is a tiny cut in the tyre corresponding to the hole in the tube.

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