Ride the North
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Cycling event with a love of NE Scotland ...but prepared to delve gently into other things too!
Local news to get your teeth into!
John Wood bit the finger of his ex-partner and the nose of her brother. He also bit her father.
Dundee scaffolder bit nose and finger in frenzied attack
John Wood bit the finger of his ex-partner and the nose of her brother. He also bit her father.
dlvr.it
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Local news to get your teeth into!
8 of 12 3rd placed teams go through!
If 🏴 beat 🇭🇹 (not specialist subject beating wee guys) and not be hammered by 🇲🇦 (again history not on our side), we could play 🇧🇷 with them already having 2 wins and happy with 0-0 for us both to qualify (exactly like Italia 90 😬)
That's all cause for optimism!
If 🏴 beat 🇭🇹 (not specialist subject beating wee guys) and not be hammered by 🇲🇦 (again history not on our side), we could play 🇧🇷 with them already having 2 wins and happy with 0-0 for us both to qualify (exactly like Italia 90 😬)
That's all cause for optimism!
December 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
8 of 12 3rd placed teams go through!
If 🏴 beat 🇭🇹 (not specialist subject beating wee guys) and not be hammered by 🇲🇦 (again history not on our side), we could play 🇧🇷 with them already having 2 wins and happy with 0-0 for us both to qualify (exactly like Italia 90 😬)
That's all cause for optimism!
If 🏴 beat 🇭🇹 (not specialist subject beating wee guys) and not be hammered by 🇲🇦 (again history not on our side), we could play 🇧🇷 with them already having 2 wins and happy with 0-0 for us both to qualify (exactly like Italia 90 😬)
That's all cause for optimism!
Despite the Denmark game, it is hard to break out of the fatalist pessimism of being a Scotland fan. The min Morocco go in with Brazil you think 'that's our group'
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Despite the Denmark game, it is hard to break out of the fatalist pessimism of being a Scotland fan. The min Morocco go in with Brazil you think 'that's our group'
Terrible draw
And that's before the balls are out!
Its a bit Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood
And that's before the balls are out!
Its a bit Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Terrible draw
And that's before the balls are out!
Its a bit Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood
And that's before the balls are out!
Its a bit Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood
Ride the North in 2026: What’s Happening??
Been working on it! Takes longer than you’d think! However, things are now just about in place and we're almost ready to make both big announcements at the same time.
Announcements will be posted here and on the event website at 12 on 12/12
Both????👀
Been working on it! Takes longer than you’d think! However, things are now just about in place and we're almost ready to make both big announcements at the same time.
Announcements will be posted here and on the event website at 12 on 12/12
Both????👀
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ride the North in 2026: What’s Happening??
Been working on it! Takes longer than you’d think! However, things are now just about in place and we're almost ready to make both big announcements at the same time.
Announcements will be posted here and on the event website at 12 on 12/12
Both????👀
Been working on it! Takes longer than you’d think! However, things are now just about in place and we're almost ready to make both big announcements at the same time.
Announcements will be posted here and on the event website at 12 on 12/12
Both????👀
World Cup Draw predictor:
Argentina 🇦🇷
Japan 🇯🇵
Scotland 🏴
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Argentina 🇦🇷
Japan 🇯🇵
Scotland 🏴
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
World Cup Draw predictor:
Argentina 🇦🇷
Japan 🇯🇵
Scotland 🏴
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Argentina 🇦🇷
Japan 🇯🇵
Scotland 🏴
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
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Nightclubs of Scotland: On the dance floor at Ritzy's, Bridge Place, Aberdeen. (1980s)
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Nightclubs of Scotland: On the dance floor at Ritzy's, Bridge Place, Aberdeen. (1980s)
Desperate!
It does now look not surprising as we do have 3 cinemas in 1km and are creating a 4th ...and in Aberdeen the one with neither the car park nor the public money is the weakest link. But im quite upset to see it go 😔
It does now look not surprising as we do have 3 cinemas in 1km and are creating a 4th ...and in Aberdeen the one with neither the car park nor the public money is the weakest link. But im quite upset to see it go 😔
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Desperate!
It does now look not surprising as we do have 3 cinemas in 1km and are creating a 4th ...and in Aberdeen the one with neither the car park nor the public money is the weakest link. But im quite upset to see it go 😔
It does now look not surprising as we do have 3 cinemas in 1km and are creating a 4th ...and in Aberdeen the one with neither the car park nor the public money is the weakest link. But im quite upset to see it go 😔
There are just too many 'days' being promoted by the marketing depts ...
How about we merge Black Friday & April Fools Day ...loads of deals but turns out that all you get is repackaged crap that was never remotely worth what it was supposed to be reduced from!
How about we merge Black Friday & April Fools Day ...loads of deals but turns out that all you get is repackaged crap that was never remotely worth what it was supposed to be reduced from!
a man wearing a black shirt that says " dreamville " hangs on a second
ALT: a man wearing a black shirt that says " dreamville " hangs on a second
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are just too many 'days' being promoted by the marketing depts ...
How about we merge Black Friday & April Fools Day ...loads of deals but turns out that all you get is repackaged crap that was never remotely worth what it was supposed to be reduced from!
How about we merge Black Friday & April Fools Day ...loads of deals but turns out that all you get is repackaged crap that was never remotely worth what it was supposed to be reduced from!
Is the initiative still going where Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce buy a one-way ticket out for anyone in the city that gets caught complaining?
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Is the initiative still going where Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce buy a one-way ticket out for anyone in the city that gets caught complaining?
Watched the Kenny Dalglish (Amazon) documentary. It was good. Flashed through his Celtic years a bit rapidly and bizarrely didn't really mention record breaking Scotland career. The Hillsborough stuff is excellent/emotional
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Watched the Kenny Dalglish (Amazon) documentary. It was good. Flashed through his Celtic years a bit rapidly and bizarrely didn't really mention record breaking Scotland career. The Hillsborough stuff is excellent/emotional
First Dons game since football became beautiful again. So excited! 🇦🇹
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
First Dons game since football became beautiful again. So excited! 🇦🇹
Just come back from a South American holiday ...on return, most immediate difference on evening walking in city was not 'it's so cold' and much more 'it's so dark'. The sun sets at 1800 hrs in darkest Peru BUT level of city/city centre street lighting was far better. Turn the lights up Scotland!
🚦 It’s Road Safety Week, and like many of you, we’ve been thinking about what it feels like to move through our cities, whether that's walking kids to school, cycling to work, or just trying to cross the road.
Too big for our streets: the harms of SUV use in Scottish cities - Transform Scotland
Professor of Transport & Health at Napier University, Dr Adrian Davis, writes for Transform Scotland. “SUVs are now one of the biggest emerging threats to road safety in Scottish cities.”...
transform.scot
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just come back from a South American holiday ...on return, most immediate difference on evening walking in city was not 'it's so cold' and much more 'it's so dark'. The sun sets at 1800 hrs in darkest Peru BUT level of city/city centre street lighting was far better. Turn the lights up Scotland!
My sons aren't massive football fans but, alongside fitba fan mates, they've committed to two matches this year ...supporting Aberdeen v Celtic at the Scottish Cup final then Scotland v Denmark in the WC qualification decider
Taken them 20+ years to see that it's always like this!!
Taken them 20+ years to see that it's always like this!!
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My sons aren't massive football fans but, alongside fitba fan mates, they've committed to two matches this year ...supporting Aberdeen v Celtic at the Scottish Cup final then Scotland v Denmark in the WC qualification decider
Taken them 20+ years to see that it's always like this!!
Taken them 20+ years to see that it's always like this!!
Advantages of an old granite house during a NE Scotland winter #213 ...you forget to put the butter back in the fridge, but it remains the exact same degree of solidity regardless 🥶
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Advantages of an old granite house during a NE Scotland winter #213 ...you forget to put the butter back in the fridge, but it remains the exact same degree of solidity regardless 🥶
Big 10 day shift coming on Union Street
October 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big 10 day shift coming on Union Street
Big 10 day shift coming on Union Street
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big 10 day shift coming on Union Street
Three cars in the car park to reflect fact that this really is a move that favours walking to the local shop? Or maybe the excellent public transport links?
Exclusive: First look at how Bridge of Don Lidl could look as plan ‘would save site from ruin’
Exclusive: First look at how Bridge of Don Lidl could look as plan ‘would save site from ruin’
Developers held a public consultation last night showcasing the plans for the German supermarket's move.
dlvr.it
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Three cars in the car park to reflect fact that this really is a move that favours walking to the local shop? Or maybe the excellent public transport links?
Calling this now...
World Cup 2026 Play Off:
Scotland 🏴 v Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
😊😬😰
World Cup 2026 Play Off:
Scotland 🏴 v Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
😊😬😰
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Calling this now...
World Cup 2026 Play Off:
Scotland 🏴 v Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
😊😬😰
World Cup 2026 Play Off:
Scotland 🏴 v Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
😊😬😰
Friday Photo: Ride the North 2025, Col de Carrot 🥕
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Friday Photo: Ride the North 2025, Col de Carrot 🥕
Hot on heels of reading that the old school postcard is making a comeback, son visiting Germany checks in with the parents from Oktoberfest 🇩🇪 🍺
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hot on heels of reading that the old school postcard is making a comeback, son visiting Germany checks in with the parents from Oktoberfest 🇩🇪 🍺
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Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
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➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
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Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland
More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.
cycling.scot
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
I've got some experience of attaching things to lampposts via zip ties (with Council permission). I've left signs up 24 hrs after event and had them removed/binned by the Council.
We could just have consistent rules that are applied consistently!
We could just have consistent rules that are applied consistently!
Councillors plead for ‘sinister’ Saltire flags to be ripped from Aberdeen lampposts
Councillors plead for ‘sinister’ Saltire flags to be ripped from Aberdeen lampposts
Some elected members implored officers to take down the flags "as soon as possible".
dlvr.it
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I've got some experience of attaching things to lampposts via zip ties (with Council permission). I've left signs up 24 hrs after event and had them removed/binned by the Council.
We could just have consistent rules that are applied consistently!
We could just have consistent rules that are applied consistently!
Bennachie on a Monday!
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bennachie on a Monday!
In a weekend of unacceptable, unsporting crowd behaviour, hope a few golf fans took a moment to tune into cycling World Champs in Rwanda. Absolutely incredible crowds cheering every rider. Heart warming love of the sport 🇷🇼
September 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In a weekend of unacceptable, unsporting crowd behaviour, hope a few golf fans took a moment to tune into cycling World Champs in Rwanda. Absolutely incredible crowds cheering every rider. Heart warming love of the sport 🇷🇼