Month: July 2009

Cycling day 40: MacDuff to Ellon

I made very good progress again today and it was clear that I’d arrive well ahead of target if I continued at that rate. So I extended today’s ride by […]...
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Cycling day 38: Balnakyle to Nairn

The mileage was fairly low again today. That’s lucky because my brake pads have been wearing very thin, so needed replacing. I didn’t manage to find the bike shops in […]...
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Cycling day 37: Tain to Balnakyle

The trip today was intentionally quite short. It included a short ferry crossing from Nigg to Cromarty, enabling me to map an alternative braid of National Cycle Route 1. The […]...
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Cycling day 32: Tain to the Crask Inn

Today’s route started out passing through a few small villages. After about 20 miles I reached Lairg, and after that just a small scattering of buildings. I was following the […]...
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