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Continue reading →: Sligachan – Portree – Carbost – Sligachan35 miles (56 km) – Total so far: 167 miles (269 km) Earlier I had spotted a broken back wheel spoke, a problem which I had in Canada last summer also. This fitted in with being close to Portree. I spent a half of the day riding into the capital city,…
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Continue reading →: Roden to Sligachan, Skye
52 miles (84 km) – Total so far: 132 miles (212 km) The road that winds it’s way around the south east coast of Harris is one of the greatest rides I can remember. Nicknamed the Golden Road it is a roller coaster type ride up and down, and plenty of…
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Continue reading →: Temple View to Roden, south Harris30 miles (48 km) – Total so far: 80 miles (129 km) The wind didn’t ease overnight, in fact it may have gathered in strength. More steady rain set in as dawn broke. It was forecast to stop at 10 am ish, but it didn’t. Reluctantly I took a wet gent…
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Continue reading →: Castlebay to Temple View48 miles (77 km) – Total so far: 50 miles (80 km) The morning dawned bright with the rain gone, but not the wind. Breakfast in the Castlebay Hotel, then the ride started with the 9 miles around the east Barra coast. It is a gently hilly little island, and the…
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Continue reading →: Oban to Castlebay, Barra2 miles (3 km) – Total so far: 2 miles (3 km) I got into Oban with very little time to spare. An accident on the M74 had cost me an hour, and the Loch Lomond road was as slow as ever. Fortunately I spotted a long term car parking sign,…
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Continue reading →: Day 30: Norway to Portland76 km (47 miles) – Total so far: 2,650 km (1,647 miles) The life and soul of downtown Norway is The Trolley Rooms, a new bar which has only been open for a few months. It has great food, a selection of about 10 draft local ales, notably including Sebago IPA…
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Continue reading →: Day 29: Norway – Riding some circlesIn 2001 as a group of 14 (with 12 students from school) we biked the length of France, from St Marie de la Mer to Calais. Dangerous though it was, we cycled round each roundabout twice. It took the students a while and some abuse from them before they latched…
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Continue reading →: Day 28: Noth Conway to Norway (Maine)83 km (52 miles) – Total so far: 2,532 km (1,573 miles) It transpired that the only bad thing about the illegal accommodation was the Bud Light. I have just finished Jim Thompson’s tremendous novel about smalltown America, “pop.1280” and feared all sorts of unpleasantness was about to happen. As it…
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Continue reading →: Day 27: Lincoln to North Conway2 km (45 miles) – Total so far: 2,449 km (1,522 miles) It’s great when an evening surprises you as I was not expecting much. Some fine Tuckerman’s IPA in a sports bar, met some interesting people and watched the Yankees and the Red Sox. I asked about whether it was…
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Continue reading →: Day 26: Wells River to Lincoln (New Hampshire)76 km (47 miles) – Total so far: 2,377 km (1,477 miles) Across the Connecticut river and into New Hampshire immediately after turning out of the motel. Before that decent coffee, eggs and hash browns at the Lunch Counter cafe. This is a point at which two Adventure Cycling Routes cross.…
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
