Day 10 / 11

Early start to catch the ferry from Stornoway and group farting particularly bad after last nights curry. Bueatiful clear skies but very windy and heading into it so cold on deck. Full Calmac breakfasts all round and corresponding toast fight. Great views as we headed into Loch Broom. Bike taxi turned up bang on time. glad we don't have to cycle 57miles into a strong easterly.
bit of a faff in the big I as all the couriers were closed due to bank holiday monday so we had to beg a favour from a bike shop.
went for a walk around looking for pitch and putt but ended up going to the aquapark. the flumes were great. had some pizza and made it to the station in plenty of time for the sleeper. turns out the booked up bike space was taken by seafood. grrr
no real excitment on anyones return journeys. even scabbington got home on a train

Day 9 back into the stormaway

We woke to yet another glorious day but with a strong north easterly for the third day running. This meant the west to east route back to stornoway would be more demanding than the way out. Surprisingly the first third had a tail wind and we sailed through nicer country than we remembered from two days ago. Once we hit the head of the loch the wind dug in and things became more difficult. We worked well as a peleton until just before lunch when differing energy levels split us a bit. Stopping in a grassy hollow out the wind it became very hot. The sky was cloudless and views to harris perfect. the afternoons road was lovely with lochs and moorland. Greylag geese and lapwings were seen many times. A cuckoo flew in front of us too. Still fighting the wind we got back to stornoway with a brief tantalising view of the sutherland mountains. Will shortly be heading into town to sample its sunday fare. We will see what is open. last ride of the trip. Cyclocamping is great. distance today: 55 km total distance: 450 km no good downhills

Day 8 another windy day not due to millington

Today was meant to be a rest day with a nice day cycle along to the end of the road no west lewis. The outward leg was great with the road sweeping up and down past secluded coves and perfect white beaches. At the road end we had a leisurely lunch before turning back into the wind. Its strenght increased and it was a hard slog back. Looking forward to a good pasta dinner. also one definate golden eagle sighting and two possibles distance today: 50 km total distance: 395 km

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Day 7 gone with the wind

Woke to a strong easterly and headed down to the pier for the boat to tanera. Turns out an easterly is no good for tanera so boat was not sailing. As we deliberated over brekkie the boat from stornaway came in...so we caught the return. Bit of mad planning to make sure it would work so tonight we find ourselves on the north coast of lewis with only 10 miles of road left to explore to the west. This involved a great 10 mile section of downwind at 30 kph average. Now in amazing coast country. Good bbq and wind to finish but its getting cold. distance today: 65 kph total distance: 398 km

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Day 6 big gears and big climbing

Had a close escape with an ex marine leach in the pub last night. Tried to break our fingers with his handshake and did a faux hand chop on tim. Met him again this morning at the post office where he was a little more subdued without alcohol. Managed to start out before 10 for once with some nerves about distance and height gain for the day. Weather was cold and breezy with headwinds for much of the day. Coast around gruinard was good but all the little hills and the wind were adding up. Big climb of the day turned out to be a steady grind from the wooded glades of dundonell into the wind and descent was poor due to headwind. We went round the windward mark when we hit the main ullapool road so all was then good. Busy road but more opportunities for getting truck drivers to honk. Great fish and chips in ullapool followed by live music in the pub. A Tough day distance today: 85 km max speed: 66 kph total: 290 ish km hardness rating: its up there!

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Day 5 push for victory

Craig bothy was beautiful in the morning sun and porridge with raisins set us up well for the push to redpoint. It turned out to be tougher than yesterday and the first hour took us only 600 metres. It got easier after that but the 6 km still took 4 hours. Great views all the way out to harris. Nice paddle in freezing cold water at redpoint before being back on the road to poolewe. Gentle climb followed by a lung busting downhill race brought us home. A tough day. distance today: 37 km max speed: 67 kph total: 199 km

Day 4 where theres gain theres pain

Day started off pretty slowly with a fairly leisurely cooked breakfast. Campsite was on sheildag grazing commitee ground and had an excellent view over sheildag island. We headed for the whisky bar at the torridon hotel for a few malts and an excellent ploughmans. Climb to diabeg was steepest so far on trip and pretty nasty. Downhill was great and max speed equalled trip speed record without even trying. Push to craig bothy was tiresome but we were piped in by some school kids also staying at craig. Tea was a brilliant curry followed by rice pudding and tinned fruit. distance today: 35 km max speed: seventy kph total distance: 161 km hardness rating: arm busting

Day 3

Left applecross with ice cream and high spirits. Cycle north along the peninsula was glorious with whales and views of raasay skye and outer hebs. Got a bit tougher as we it the north coast with lots of steep up and downs. Torridon opened up and we got a good sighter for tomorrows bike push. A couple of great down hills but the ups kept coming so the day felt pretty hard. A few black cullin at sheildaig inn and a bbq later to follow to make best of the good weather. distance today: 41 km max speed: 62 kph total distance: 126 km hardness rating: moderate

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Day 2 Bealach na Bastard

Well we all made it up the belach na ba. a couple of us has feet down a few times but no pushing occured. we all rate it as the hardest hill we've ever done. at the top we took the bikes up to the radio mast for a mad downhil back to the road. decent to applecross was good but not epic due to headwind and prescence of lethal hairpins. high speed for the day was earlier near the avalanche shelter between stromferry and strath carron. lovely weather and ate outside at the applecross inn. early to bed becasue we were all knackered.
distance travelled today: 62 km
max speed: 70.4kph
total distacne: 85km
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Day 1

Finally got to kyle at nine in the evening. Longer journey than expected. Wanted to do at least a few miles before camp. Got to plockton and had campsite finding fun followed by carbonara and mother scabbington cake in brandy custard (reduced to clear). Yum yum. kms cycled thirteen weather is cold

Travel sucks ass

Managed to make lots of noise for the fat canadians in the form this morning. Went for a two for one fry up and returned to find scabbingtons karrimat. Cycling through town to millets his bike sounded terminal. Ed and scabs got lost going to the bike shop but then discovered the sound was just his lock rubbing on his wheel. Panic shows how nervous we are about his bike! Tim arrived and weve got on the west highland flyer ok. kms cycled: eight round edinburgh max speed: fifty down the mound just at the big fw now. Weather and views are great

Oh and the mound is steep

A few beers in edinburgh

A nice pint or two in aulde reekie. Followed by a millers ed towel fight

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Bit of a mad rush to get to the station on time. Sarah and i spent rather too long up the scaffold painting the gables and left sixty minutes to in from paint and dust covered in chorley to washed and train ready in preston. Needless to say sarah drove progressively. The train arrived nice and early and boarding was stress free... Except for the guy who got on after us and had no space for his bike due to virgin trains putting food containers in the way. Just as well for me timbo missed his train! scabbington has a beard:-* its a bit scabby but he did bring beer. He says hello

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