Ride all the OS mapsYesterday, as you might have gathered, was a special day. Today was up there with it. The weather again played its part, offering more of the same sunshine, bright skies and a stiff westerly breeze. And to do Islay justice we had given ourselves another night here, which allowed us to cycle all day today […]
Today was a day I had been looking forward to very much. I was going back to Islay. I have a very soft spot for this island, partly because it is a very lovely, peaceful, place; partly because it holds some fond memories for me; but maybe most of all because it is the source […]
Having reached the end of the previously published plan, I suppose I ought to add a bit about what happens next, to the extent that it is known. I have been joined by my wife, Jenni, for the next section and our collective movements are outlined below. At the end of this 9th coast to […]
I did my first ever podcast today! It was easier than I thought, since it involved little more than answering questions about this cycling challenge in a relaxed interview style. It all came about thanks to a chance meeting with 2 other cyclists on a delayed ferry as I was trying to get off North […]
The weather today did just about the exact opposite to yesterday. That is to say it rained when it had been dry yesterday, and was dry when it had rained. I had some clue this would be the case (it’s called the weather forecast), so I planned for as late a departure from Inverary as […]
Today I feel I did full justice to OS map 55. I pretty much spent all day in it and covered it from one side to the other. It was a long day. The trouble is that you can’t really cross it in anything other then a very zig-zaggy line, thanks to a plethora of […]
I should have been writing this ages ago; but I was instead having a long and interesting conversation with the owner of the house I am staying in on Seil Island, an hour’s cycle or so to the south of Oban. It turns out that we have much in common, and are both trying to […]