Heading south to north. I can see the lodge but not pick out the fisherman's hut. Good to know its there though. Ta.

Cheers appreciate the consideration of what things might,might not be like

Thanks guys. Plenty to look into

I've also been toying with a folder for easier travel to places and had a few eyes up, the Montague's navigator being one along with terns.

I want the bigger wheels, nearly normal bike size but with some foldability for less hassle transport on bus/train/plane and backpacking.

I think Alastair Humphreys had his pack raft on there. He did a Shetland 'end to end' on it cycling and rafting across two very tidal sounds along with bivvying. About 70miles cycling and 2-3miles rafting.

Cheers for info on that bothy. Will try to scope out the contin area...

This any help for the southern section to A9 ? I did it last year...

https://www.strava.com/routes/6253618

Avoiding the obvious of paying to stay the night in a hotel (Arm frum Yorkshire don't tha know?) has anyone got any knowledge of shelter/bothy in the region of Inchbae lodge? A835 near Loch Glascarncoch? Me and a, less than fit ,mate of mine are planning to do this mixed route from Inverness to Ulla...

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Strava obviously!

For mapping maverick gps app and you'll get all the osm layers and many more plus is up to 1:25k free.

Dagnamit I can't grow a beard, so I'm out

Or will a 'Shaggy' facial growth and a stem cell of Scooby snacks suffice??

Done

Just to add from my post a few weeks back. If you get bitten by a tick and are unlucky it can result in an allergic reaction to red meat, even as bad as anaphylaxis some hours after eating. If it does happen you'll need to avoid red/mammalian meat for some considerable time. Heard it discussed on th...

And I've been off and out for a ride with my wife Double Friday

I'm not picking up these images on my phone, sorry , but I think tiger striped is more likely.

Good to know my forks are generating a bit of conversation

Cliffhanger... :shock: What was Mike bartering with the shop owner for?! I need to know! Its funny my wife and I did a little tour recently on Orkney and she managed with two lightly packed rear panniers. She did have a small frame bag though that she joked was just the right size for her hair strai...

Haha, yeh chicken-packing is the new high fat low carb thing! One in each XL stem cell and after a jiggly ride just remove hen to access eggs. The last night of a trip you have roast chicken on your fire with coffee in a jar :-bd I'm booked to be away in the cairngorms area early September so we'll ...

I know, I know

Next move is to paint the forks and touch up the frame. Probably just plastikote matt black on the forks as I'm a lazy so-and-so

Hi, Just a little peek in the to the conversion of my 2014 charge cooker 3... https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1X8XpoTcnQI/WZXbSzEN2zI/AAAAAAAAP4o/wAoBzIvqAOoq1nqO9u5BbK4Ft6TQ0heWgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0300.JPG Via rigid 29er with OG bars last year after my forks died in Glen Tilt... https://3.bp.blogspot.com...

But if you don't want to invest in a dedicated GPS, I'm sure you can get away with using your phone, on short rides. Until you need to make a call, and find there isn't much power left. Or you can just carry an old/cheapo text/call phone that has a battery that last forever if you're worried about ...

Yeh, be interesting to see the defense, but I think they'll struggle to get past the fact that he was on that bike with no front brake regardless of whether she wasn't paying attention. Unfortunate incident and outcome for all concerned :cry: I see in other news on cycling weekly a guy arrested for ...

More detail from today including crash investigation... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/15/crash-cyclist-shouted-charlie-alliston-pedestrian-lay-wounded Certainly not doing himself any favours with comments like this; if The Sun quotes are to be believed! Came up on a google search! All...

I chose to wear some gtx trail shoes (not boots) with flats recently on a small Orkney road tour with my wife as I knew we'd only be pootling on the bike and walking about a fair bit being tourists. Out of habit I wore seal skins anyway and I'm glad I did as a day of heavy rain on road on day one le...

Terrex solos look interesting but only go up to a uk 12

Pretty wet and windy here, but no gales yet so not October...