Ok Im diving in and out of bath and bedtime story duty so ill try and download in an hour or so. Coming into the cairngorms via Loch garry - inspired by your write up so would be cool to meet.

I will be winging by aviemore early June so if your around ill PM you to arrange coffee and cakes

That would be very welcome... Wiltshire Dorset and devon this weekend, up your way later in May...

I know everyone is heading out the door but....I use free OSM maps on my garmin from the NL website and for some reason based on me being a total biffer Ive not enough of the tiles on my unit for where i want to go on sunday and need to upload some more: the http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ server is...

Yep too squeeky clean. Spanish videos of his though are really good. Im off to clean my bike...

Belgium's answer to Barry Godin has released another slick, if long, edit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ4vc_2yAPw

Cake time ---I have it on good authority - i.e. I met Sim the owner on yesterdays ride - that the Tarka Trail's Yarde Orchard cafe will be reopenning on the 6th April Its a good opportunity for mid flight refuelling between south and north Devon.

Alpkit Togs please

8l version bought from Andy at Backcountry Scot has been a great buy; I would recommend waiting for that to come in stock again if you can

As well as Weirdos on Bikes blog describing the Ruta John Hayes blog illustrates the Dehesa, Roman archaeology and best of all his Reilly Gradient on the Ruta del plata. Both accounts are full of info. Johns includes the links into Santiago Compestalla But best do it quick because he's writing a cic...

The Heatmap mentioned by Scotroutes is also really good for planning too - quite a bit of cycle traffic that way

Boggynessabounds . Nice one

I missed that thread in my search - probably due to my spilling. Has the bog porn been deleted to protect the innocent? They aren't showing on my pc. Anyway I'm going to plan to stick with plan-a and go the east side of Etive and across Rannoch from the Kings House. For anyone interested I'm going t...

oops. ill be putting an e in whisky next

Heatmap looks useful, thanks. Ive been checking Heritage Paths website too.

I read that thread - very useful thanks. The west coast of Etive is definitely plan-b but I'm hoping there is not too much more HAB on the east side. The first part to Kinglass is a bit of a trip down (Up?!) memory lane which I'm keen to repeat

Hello! Im planning on an Oban to Montrose crossing in May. Has anyone biked up the East side of Loch Etive past the entry to Glen Kinglass (Ive been that way before to Bridge of Orchy) to get to the Kings House? Im hoping its then possible to take the Rannoch Moor Crossing via the Black corries lodg...

The pot cosy king explains everything about pot cosies http://www.theoutdoorsstation.co.uk/201 ... ng-system/ he starts cutting and sticking at 4.25

The plymouth Roscoff ferry and the options when youre over their make it a fave place to go even for a short trip - couple that with rolling across dartmoor and down the plym valley line and on to the port - classic stuff. Have a good trip!

Hi just picked up your question! I guess you may be there already but here goes - after a clockwise circuit from Roscoff to finesterre via Route 8 and the bits of Route 5 along the south we caught the mini ferry from Le Fret on the Crozon to Brest and then the local cycle route heading north east to...

Excellent trip with family on a clock wise circuit/pootle for 2 weeks through Brittany largely on Voie Vertes. Used Cycle.travel for planning a GPX track and OSM for following on the GPS. La Rigole Voie verte was nice and linked into the Blavet river route which provides a quick way south. Around th...

I bought a full length Klymit V Ultralight slim Mat from Ultralight outdoor gear earlier this year. Ive found it very comfortable. Sometimes I take a Thermarest trekker pillow which is super comfy and makes my sleeping set up really cosy. Almost too cosy.

Thanks Phil, useful info. Will write it up - (ive got to now!). Johnny

Velocity Blunt 35 rim to replace my rear Blunt ss which was dinged to hell within about 500 meters of Ben alder bothy and the path with its water bars on this years HT550. Its not as lithe as the ss but strong looking and more nimble than the dually tractor wheels that came with the bike. How the bl...

I'm planning some autumn fun based on an expanded Cairngorm loop - can anyone recommend a route they have done from Glen Clova to to Glen Esk? My arm chair route-plan is via Loch Brandy into Glen Esk - which I walked many years ago. I remember that the going is steep but the route across the top bei...