Another hot, sunny day and today no fewer than three riders setting off from Edinburgh’s southern suburbs: myself, Jenni and my brother Paul. A rare treat to have so much in the way of enthusiastic company for the ride to the edge of OS map 67 in Eyemouth, some 58 miles away, plus another 12 […]
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I was a bit worried about this section of my journey. It is a busy part of the country, with two very large cities lying at either side of a heavily populated strip, and a good deal of industry, past and present, thrown in for good measure. Not, on the face of it, a particularly […]
For many years before the pandemic, I had a job that took me all over the world. Once, many years ago, I spent a cold but enjoyable February week working in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the Nordic head office of Burger King, of all places. The Swedish lady on reception there had previously lived in the […]
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Map 62 – Bute-iful
Monday was a lovely sunny, breezy day with excellent visibility for enjoying some magnificent scenery. And enjoy it we most certainly did, pretty much from the start of proceedings right through to the finish. We began with a quick, 5 mile ride into Tarbert along the A83. It wasn’t too busy but it did have […]
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Map 61 – Jura
The Isle of Jura is a large, mountainous and empty place, just across a narrow sound of water from Islay, to which it is linked by a regular car ferry. It only takes about 10 minutes to make the crossing from Port Askaig, a small but colourful cluster of buildings and boats on the Islay […]
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Map 60 continued
Yesterday, 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 […]
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Map 60 – In Heaven
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 […]