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Cardinal Spins 14 revisited: NW – Day 9 – the end of the adventure

It was my final day of cycling; the very end of a long and wonderful summer of adventure. It began in early June and I had imagined it would be over before now. But in a way, I was happy that I was able to enjoy cycling in the Hebrides in November. That in itself […]

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Cardinal Spins 14: NW – revisited: Day 8

The trouble with going to a place like Harris – even in the winter – is that you have to leave again. On a Sunday in winter the only ferry leaves at 9am and travels via Lochmaddy in North Uist, turning a two hour trip into a four hour Hebridean cruise. Still, it was a […]

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Cardinal Spins 14 : NW revisited – Day 7

I had hoped to complete all of this adventure by the end of October at the latest. I failed. I could see it coming, what with a family holiday to Montenegro in September, various other commitments, and some unhelpful weather in the north west of Scotland. I did pretty well to ride almost every part […]