Safely arrived at base camp!

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

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

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...

The big cycling challenge

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...