69 miles ridden - 2460 feet climbed - temperature 14C. We'd all been studying weather forecasts for what to expect today. Yesterday's weather had been so fabulous that we were praying for another good day. We weren't (largely) disappointed. It was quite cool as we...
62 miles ridden - 3200 feet climbed - temperature 19C. Today was a fabulous day. The sun shone all day and the temperature was just right for the climbing that we did. There was only one nasty surprise - a 15% climb just round the corner from the bottom of a long...
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 protective...
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 see it was...
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 of us...
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 'nice' (It's...
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 18 miles took about...
63 miles ridden - 1900 feet climbed - temperature 13C The TV news this morning was full of today being the hottest day of the year in the South East which was a bit cruel really - that is not what we have seen today up here. At best it was cloudy and a bit breezy and...
In fact it starts next Sunday 2nd June when we depart Inverness to cycle 470 miles around the North West corner of Scotland. I booked my flight from Luton to Inverness before the Extinction Rebellion protests so I have some concerns about my carbon footprint, I am on...