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Owen Rogers

'My cycling was my escape' - Michèle Linton talks about long rides in the Scottish Highlands and and getting back on her bike after a bereavement

Michele Linton Big Ride Challenge.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, so the saying goes. Maybe the same can be said for the road to cycling fitness. Whether we're planning to get out on the road or maybe get online for a virtual ride, sometimes life gets in the way.

That's certainly what happened to Michèle Linton's cycling. For years she would escape her difficult marriage with long rides around some of Scotland's most beautiful places. "He became a very hard person to live with, so my cycling was my escape from that," Michèle explained from her Ayrshire home.

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