Just as we were starting to make our plans for our first days riding, a beautiful rainbow appeared over Gairloch Bay. As I dashed out of the caravan to grab a few pictures, I hoped it was a promise of good things to come! After taking a few photos, I looked out to the...

One long car journey over, we've now arrived at "base camp", the village of Gairloch and are staying in a caravan in a location with some of the best views in Scotland. We've got a day to relax before we start our big challenge on Monday, so stay tuned. If you've...

One of the challenges for the ride is not just keeping my legs going but keeping the iPhone going. Anyone who has used an iPhone on a busy day out and about will know that the battery struggles to keep up. I'm going to be needing to: Access the internet to update our...

With a great little app on my iPhone, the plan is to update the page regularly throughout the day on our twitter feed with our position and an updated google map showing our route. The app we're using? Cyclemeter This app tracks our progress using the inbuilt GPS and...

As I've got steadily less and less fit over the last ten years, I decided I needed to set myself a big challenge and I roped my Dad in to. We're going to cycle round the North coast of Scotland, from Gairloch  to Cape Wrath to John O Groats to Strathpeffer. Exact...