Wake up to Puppies!
What better way to commence your day than to discover adorable cute puppies with their mommy! Then to cycle past children and have them running after to meet Lucy. A blessed little morning! Today’s panoramic back drop to our cycling is once more beautiful....
Best Cycling Day Ever!
I awake in the tent at 4 am with Lucy’s big eyes staring back at me, her face as close as it can get to mine without touching. Her cuteness makes me laugh. I love these moments. I am grateful to the UK’s pet immigration’s rule book. That Lucy must...
To Suffer
I don’t know how I’m going to make Hatay. I feel broken. The flat road I had been praying for has greeted me in return with a head wind so strong I can barely turn the pedals. I feel embarrassed and wonder what people think as I cycle alongside them at...
The Turkish Army & The Scottish Accent
We left Alanya refreshed, happy and completely ignorant of what lay ahead of us that day. It was to begin with Lucy fighting and would end the same way for me. The road would be the toughest yet but also by far, the most beautiful, causing a continual state of both...
We cycled 85 miles in one day!
Turkey’s nation wide, ‘Lets Feed Ishbel Must Get Her Fat’ campaign was gaining momentum and I enjoyed a big breakfast before we set off. Thank you to the wonderful Turkish people we are meeting along our way who are so kind and wonderful and...
Last weekend we got the last of the preparations for baby completed and this weekend we made the most of being free of a massive to do list! Today we rode the Glentress trails and enjoyed 2.5 hours of cycling in nature and sunshine! Of course I was like a cycling Buddha climbing over 1000ft in my granny gear at 34 weeks pregnant lol. I just go really slowly so there is no strain or hard effort ... just gentle fun ... and I love every moment.
Yesterday we went to Glasgow for the Big Feed which was amazing with all different kinds of street food. It's back on every weekend. It was just so great to experience some normality again! I felt so safe as it's in a big warehouse with plenty of seating outside. Thoroughly recommend.
34 weeks pregnant! Can you believe it? The scans are suggesting she's 6.3lbs already! She likes her food just her mammy and daddy do lol. I really can't wait for her to be born to meet and see her! Maria is doing great and has stepped up her 24/7 security detail of me and the bump to being a shadow of us lol
Hope you are all well ... it feels really good to be enjoying life again after last year. I'm cherishing every moment.
All our love Ishbel, Steven, Maria & The Bump xxx
Me and the bump celebrated 32 weeks of pregnancy today by cycling 20 miles on my mountain bike! We cycled to collect Steven from work (he had commuted by bicycle) and we cycled home together. Funny how I struggle to put my pants and socks on due to bump but I can cycle no problem ... must look a right sight at this stage getting off my bike, locking it up and waddling away 😂 Tomorrow got a scan at hospital and Steven is allowed to come which is hugely amazing! I'll cycle to hospital too 😂.
Ishbel xxx