by nickpannaman | Jun 6, 2019 | Scotland | The Highland 500
69 miles ridden – 5300 feet climbed – temperature 9C. Today was a hard day. It was quite cool anyway and on the hill tops with drizzle and a headwind it felt quite cold but with the amount of climbing we were doing we all worked up a sweat under our...
by nickpannaman | Jun 5, 2019 | Scotland | The Highland 500
53 miles ridden – 3650 feet climbed – temperature 10C. Because we are staying two nights in Ullapool, today was essentially an optional ride. The weather forecast was cloudy, cooler but NO rain so when I woke up this morning and looked out of the window to...
by nickpannaman | Jun 4, 2019 | Scotland | The Highland 500
65 miles ridden – 4550 feet climbed – temperature 11C. I had been a bit miffed as I cycled the extra 10 miles yesterday but today I was actually quite pleased. Although today had no monster climbs 4550 feet is a lot of climbing. Every weather forecast any...
by nickpannaman | Jun 4, 2019 | Scotland | The Highland 500
You never know how much you’ll miss decent internet and 3G/4G until you’re trying to upload photos! The first photos are of the approach and climb of Bealach Na Ba: We should probably have realised at this point that climbing up there was not going to be...
by nickpannaman | Jun 3, 2019 | Scotland | The Highland 500
69 miles ridden – 6500 feet climbed – temperature 9C. I will post pictures separately tomorrow as the internet where we are staying is not fast enough. I’ve done a fair bit of cycling in my time but today was the hardest I have ever done. The first...
