Ride Day Two: Camusnagaul to Ullapool

Jun 8, 2010

A good days riding with only a few spots of rain. The climb out of Dundonnell on the road of desolation certainly tested the legs with over five miles of continuous climbing.

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...