Archives June 2021

I’ve now added the gallery for this year’s trip to Scotland. You can view it below. It can also be seen from the North Coast 500 page and the Gallery page.

Gallery

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It’s race day! From Thurso to John O’Groats is just a short hop of 20 miles so perfect for our usual handicaped Donkey Derby.

You know the drill, Coxy sets off last with the other riders given an earlier start … Read more

Well we weren’t actually wild camping last night but it felt like it! Strong wind and rain put our tents to a good test but a flapping tent makes sleep difficult even if it does drown out the snorers!

It … Read more

Today is the big one with 90 miles to do so it’s an early start with breakfast at 8 and away for 9am.

The main road up to Durness look fairly straight forward but of course we’re not doing that! … Read more

Last night we just stayed in the hotel for eats and drinks as no-one fancied battling with the midges again. It was good food and a good crack as usual livened further by a bat putting in an appearance. We’ve … Read more

It’s a cool damp start for us at the campsite so the tents are going away wet but we’re in a hotel tonight at Gairloch so we can forget about them for now.

We get away from Applecross in good … Read more

Forgot to mention yesterday that Applecross looks across the water to the Isle of Skye and it’s no wonder songs are written about it and legends are made.

Amongst an already remarkable background it stands out… black jagged peaks, there … Read more

An early start this morning to unload the van and assemble the bikes so it’s a good job last orders last night was at 10:15pm!

We get away in good time and head out of Inverness towards the first rendevous … Read more

The Bike Trip is back on!

After the year we’ve all had we can’t wait to get away again.

Our usual haunts in the Alps and Pyrenees are still out of bounds so we’re heading closer to home.

On Sunday … Read more