{"id":1941,"date":"2015-02-06T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T21:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2015-03-21T23:48:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T23:48:02","slug":"video-strathpuffer-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/06\/video-strathpuffer-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Strathpuffer 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBAHEzHUpkM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1943\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/06\/video-strathpuffer-2015\/fc23_01_15p24_cropped\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1943\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?fit=500%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FC23_01_15P24_cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The article for Active Outdoors on my first Strathpuffer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?fit=500%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped-300x248.jpg?resize=300%2C248\" alt=\"The article for Active Outdoors on my first Strathpuffer\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?resize=450%2C373&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?resize=250%2C207&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FC23_01_15P24_cropped.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The article for Active Outdoors on my first Strathpuffer<\/figcaption><\/figure>This video is an edited snapshot of my first Strathpuffer, a 24-hour mountain bike event which takes place in January in the Highlands! Think 17 hours of darkness riding natural singletrack along with another 800 or so riders&#8230; To read how I got on with the experience &#8211; and what an experience it was &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inverness-courier.co.uk\/Features\/Active-Outdoors\/Features\/Theres-nothing-tougher-than-the-Puffer-21012015.htm\" title=\"There's nothing tougher than the Puffer!\">read my Active Outdoors article on the race<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is an edited snapshot of my first Strathpuffer, a 24-hour mountain bike event which takes place in January in the Highlands! Think 17 hours of darkness riding natural singletrack along with another 800 or so riders&#8230; To read how I got on with the experience &#8211; and what an experience it was &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,109,111,110],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-highlands","tag-mountain-biking","tag-mtb","tag-strathpuffer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-vj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14014,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/13\/strathpuffer-2025-photos-and-more-from-the-event\/","url_meta":{"origin":1941,"position":0},"title":"Strathpuffer 2025: Photos and more from the event","author":"John Davidson","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"John Davidson took part in the Strathpuffer this year for the first time since 2016. 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