Last night I stayed in a very nice hotel. A very comfy bed, and this morning while my legs wanted to ride, my heart just wasn’t in it at all. I had no motivation whatsoever.[…]
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Appointments
I woke and my bloods are a nice 5.3, a good bowl of Alpen and I was ready for the off. Slight snag being it was 5.30 and I had an appointment at the Royal[…]
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There be a Lack of Electricity
Walking up I had next to no power. For any of my kit. Less than 2% and I was still in the middle of nowhere. Using what I had I checked and basically route 74[…]
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Beasties
By the time I made it into Crianlarich last night my heart cable had stretched so much woke the grind of the climbs over from Glencoe I only had five functional gears. So it was[…]
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Then there be hills
OK, more correctly the Cairngorms. But that was after the Caledonian Way. The place I stayed at was great, actually oddly enough the guy who runs it with his girlfriend is from Carlisle. They spotted[…]
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Fear and predictions
Today was a completely different kind of day. A beautiful sunny morning, even if I was expected to get hit by some rain later according to the radar. The b&b I found in Alness was[…]
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Ack!
Well, I’ve been up for the last hour feeling rough as a very rough think covered in sandpaper with a very sign put around its neck. Why you ask? Why is is that difficult to[…]
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And so it begins
Waking up in the early morning with the usual swings and roundabouts of a 3.3 (59) after a lovely crash back down after my stonking high off the Coke. A quick rummage through my food[…]
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Getting there
Finally made it to the hotel at the start. The train ride was very long and quiet crazy due to the number of stops it makes along the way. The sights are amazing though, herds[…]
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Kindness
I had just got out of Glasgow Central Station and walked out of the foyer, all the bags on the bike, my raising funds sign shining in the sun. The bright white was quite noticeable[…]
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