The final day of the trip. Our last breakfast was spent at The Welly Stop in Tyndrum opposite Pine Trees Campsite. A cracking start to the day and no one could fault the tucker, it satiated the appetite, setting us up well for the 180 mile ride down from rural Scotland to civilisation in Cumbria. The ride got off to a scenic start although gradually the landscape became less interesting, flattening off to bland motorway.
Scotland
24-31 Aug 2013 – Our first two wheeled adventure: Scotland (7 of 8) Everything’s going south
What had taken us six days on the trip so far took us the best part of a day to virtually match in a southbound direction. Friday was a long, hard slog, the biggest riding stretch, which would pay dividends in avoiding two drawn out riding days.
24-31 Aug 2013 – Our first two wheeled adventure: Scotland (6 of 8) Onwards and upwards
Woke up to the sizzle of bacon and eggs; after a hearty breakfast and walk along the cliff edge, we rounded off what was a brilliant but surreal twenty-four hours. I could not have orchestrated or foreseen such a random chain of events, it was a unique pleasure to be invited over and got the impression we were the first group to have done so when Ian asked Jay Kay.
24-31 Aug 2013 – Our first two wheeled adventure: Scotland (3 of 8) Skye is not the limit
After leaving skies of soaring golden eagles above the buzzards, and red deer within the wilderness, I wondered if Skye would live up to Mull. It did. Faced with neck-craning mountains, Skye hit us in more dramatic ways than one.
24-31 Aug 2013 – Our first big two wheeled adventure: Scotland (1 of 8)
[Jason] We are spending a week touring the west coast of Scotland with some friends, which is great for a dummy run pre our big trip; it will decidedly help to determine what to take next year to the Americas, and some!