One of the loveliest side benefits of our RED MACHINE festival tour has been the bike rides we've been able to take in the various places where the movie has played. In the U.S., we've ridden on Northern California's Mt. Tamalpais (where mountain biking was invented), in the stunning red-rock hills of Sedona, Arizona, and in the snowy, high-altitude Rocky Mountain outskirts of Durango, Colorado.

Yesterday, it was Edinburgh's turn. We took a break from meetings and screenings and rented a pair of bikes. We headed out alongside a little canal, found an aqueduct (about 600 feet up in the air), then turned northeast along the Water of Leith. It was absolutely spectacular, and perhaps the most spectacular part was that approximately once per minute (and we were on the ride for quite some minutes), the terrain and scenery completely changed. Even more impressive, it never repeated itself. Highly recommended.

Tonight, we're going to go to Glasgow for a little reunion with some of the cast and crew of our short film Scene which we shot in Stirling...