cycling
-
Cycling the Great Glen Way Part 2: Fort to Fort
Remarkably Day 2 dawned cold and dry. I say remarkably because it was March and it was Scotland, and two dry days on the trot are quite unusual in those circumstances. I learned my lesson from yesterday about too much food in my belly and after a hearty-but-proportionate breakfast of porridge (of course) and coffee,
-
Cycling The Great Glen Way: The Wrong Way (Part 1)
The hills are alive with the sound of… self-talk and swearing? As I ground to a halt part way up the first hill, stomach aching and breath struggling in and out of my lungs, my confidence in my ability to cycle the Great Glen Way in two days was waning rapidly… Just 15 minutes earlier
-
Aberfoyle: A gravel cyclist’s paradise in the Trossachs
The wee village of Aberfoyle has been laying claim recently to being the best place in the UK to ride a gravel bike. Situated on the edge of both the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and the famously beautiful Trossachs, you can see where its advantages lie. The “Gravelfoyle” label was started by a group of
-
Cycling in Tenerife: The Stunning Vilaflor Loop from Los Cristianos
It might seem odd that the first entry on a blog about exploring Scotland by bike is about cycling in Tenerife, but as I’ve been struck down with a post-holiday lurg for the past two weeks it’s the last adventure I had. So it seems to be as good a place to start as any.