An Turas Mor 2020
In August of 2020 Joe and I rode An Turas Mor (The Long Journey), a 360 mile off-road route in Scotland from Glasgow to Cape Wrath. The route has been...
Dryfehead Bothy
Route: Eskdalemuir – Dun Moss – Dryfehead bothy – Black Esk reservoir – Sandiford – Eskdalemuir. Date: August 2019 Distance: 39km You can download the gpx track here. We completed...
Gameshope Bothy
At the end of June I had a bike accident and managed to break a couple of ribs, crack my elbow and tear my pectoral muscle. It was a bit...
Bivvy a Month from Bear Bones forum
Bivvy-a-Month Challenge Joe and I have now successfully completed the Bivvy-a-month challenge from the Bear Bones bikepacking forum. In essence this is a challenge to sleep out (after a bike...
Match the Miles from the Adventure Syndicate
Match the Miles Challenge from the Adventure Syndicate. For the past couple of years the Adventure Syndicate have run a week-long ‘Match the Miles’ challenge to encourage schools in Scotland...
Green and Roughside bothies
In March 2019 we decided to visit a bothy fairly local to us, Green bothy in Northumberland. As we had both been feeling a bit sub-par we opted to forgo...
Gelder Shiel Stables
As a follow-on to our Secret Howff trip we opted to stop off on the way home for an overnight visit to Gelder Shiel Stables. The weather was glorious and...
Luggage
The prospect of kitting out a bike with luggage can seem a daunting one at first. There are a number of different options and all have different considerations as far...
The Secret Howff
Now that my once-enthusiastic child has turned into a grumpy teen, I needed to find something that would fire his imagination and get him wanting to go out into the...
How to take your bike on a plane
Packing your bike to take it on a plane I have had a few people ask me how we go about packing our bikes in order to take them...
Kershopehead Bothy
. Route: Kershopefoot – Kershope bridge – Kershopehead bothy. Date: December 2018 Distance: 10.5 miles or 17 kilometres Days: 2 Since we got back from Spain in May we have...
