Here we are at the end of October

Again my apologies for not being able to keep this bloc as up to date as I would like.
This month has seen the weather change from the long hot summer to autumn with all it's glorious colour, Loch lomond and the Trossachs is a great place to visit all year but the autumn brings big colour and has to be seen to be believed.
We completed another of Glasgow City Council ON YER BIKE courses with all of the members wanting more. We are planning to get together for a trip on to Great Cumbrae for a cycle around Island visiting Millport. This trip has lots of memories for people from Glasgow and the west as it was one of the many destinations Doon The Water in days past.
Glasgow again ran 8 days of mountain biking for city youth groups based in Aberfoyle. The young people accompanied by leaders were introduced to the delights of off road cycling in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park on the south and West side of the village. The weather was fine for most of the time with only 2 groups getting wet. These days are planned to introduce the young people to the sport and include short section of skills development on single track. These are the sections the young people respond most positively to. However this year we have introduced a word of caution. Given the statistics in relation to mountain biking accidents the young people are advised not to over estimate their abilities and develop their skills progressively, keeping themselves in one piece.
Glasgow also put on it's second all day bike maintenance course based in Bellahouston Bowling Pavilion. The feed back was again very positive we the participants wanting more.
We were also involved with the Celtic Education Trust again putting on session giving young people from schools throughout the east of the city an introduction to mountain biking using the Polock Park mountain bike trails. The same advice regarding over estimating abilities and experience were included in these session. The weather played an inevitable role in these sessions with 2 sessions being cancelled due to bad weather. So as you can see October has been a busy month and I do have an excuse for not spending time on the blog.