Ride Day One: Gairloch to Camusnagaul

Jun 7, 2010

We’ve managed day one! We’d made the decision not too push it to hard for the first couple of days, sticking to 30 miles per day, but we couldn’t make the hills any flatter!

All set up and ready for the off

Jun 7, 2010

Bikes are kitted up, fairly light today as we’re coming back to base on the first day. And we’re off! First stop Two Lochs Radio, all down hill to there, then it starts getting a bit harder work as we climb out of Gairloch.

Rainbow over Gairloch Bay

Jun 6, 2010

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...

Safely arrived at base camp!

Jun 5, 2010

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...

Keeping the iPhone going when there’s no mains power

Jun 1, 2010

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...

Tracking our progress

May 30, 2010

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...