I’ve crossed deserts. I crossed mountain passes. Hell, I’ve crossed continents. I’ve
dragged the bike through bush to cross borders. I’ve dealt with wind, snow, rain,
temperatures below zero, temperatures above forty. I’ve travelled along lonely isolated roads, sometimes over 200km between towns. I’ve also negotiated some of the busiest roads, in the biggest cities, with the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Scotland'
The Last Hurdle
April 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Bike Touring
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Over the Border
March 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Bike Touring
I have finally reached the last new country of my world bike tour:
From Keswick to Edinburgh
Yesterday I crossed the border near Langholm, tomorrow I should arrive in Edinburgh. Driving rain, strong winds and low temperatures didn’t make things the easiest today, but as I said to someone “I didn’t come to Scotland to work on [...]
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I’m back baby
October 26th, 2005 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Wooo! Properly back online at last! BT switched over my line to ADSL now, and I’ve finally got proper internet access working. www.myfreeisp.co.uk was handy in a pinch, but I’d gotten very used to my wireless setup, with half-reasonable bandwidth. Although I can’t get full rate ADSL here, only 1100kb/s, it’s still pretty good. Makes [...]
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Fare thee well, Bonnie Dundee
October 7th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The time has come for me to move on, from a place that has made me feel most welcome for the last few months. However, I cannae face going cold turkey, so I am moving to Edinburgh – Irn Bru’s just too hard to get hold of outside Scotland.
My time here has gone quickly, but [...]
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Don't tell anyone, but I've been south of the border…
September 19th, 2005 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
…and it was pretty good. Fear not, for I did not stray far from Scotland, and I returned quickly. I hired a car for the weekend again, and headed south. Down to Edinburgh, then east along the A1, down towards Newcastle. A quick photo stop at the English/Scottish border (it’s not very exciting), then on [...]
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