Was it really a โcycling dayโ? Not sure but what the heck; it did involve 7km… Craig (see cycling day 13) drove me and the bike the short distance to Cairnryan to catch the ferry to Belfast at 9:30. It was, of course(!) , raining but by the […]
Just donโt pronounce the โzโ… Yesterday the issue had been the rain. Today the issue has been the iPhone. The two might be connected (but for goodness sake donโt tell Apple before I can get to an Apple Store…) I noticed last night in the swanky (too many […]
The story of the day is best summarised by the map and the elevation profile: The distance cycled was clearly more than I would normally do in one day; 178 km. You do need to bear in mind two things; the weather and the terrain. The weather? How […]
Iโve spent a nice day wandering the streets of the Scottish capital as Wanda has been taking a rest in our hotel room: We were watching the James Bond film โYou Only Live Twiceโ last night thinking about where we should have cycling; Japan… Anyway, the weather has […]
The cycling world is full of genuine, nice people. I know that you are already aware of this as you are probably one of those genuine, nice people. But it is worth pointing out from time to time. Any scroll through social media will reveal the darker side […]
More video highlights from the journey so far…
Today was a day of epic vistas and as a picture says a thousand words, Iโll keep it short tonight. I was up ridiculously early. Perhaps it was the excitement of the prospect of packing away a dry tent. I celebrated by a cycling wander around Berwick, ending […]
Yesterday evening I posted this aspirational image to Instagram: The reality, as with much of what we see on social media, was very different. I woke up for the second day on the trot in a tent surrounded by water. I packed, once again, inside the tent and […]
