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Scotish beauty day 2
It was supposed to be an easy day to recover from the long drive. I know I could have just not gone out. But that isn’t me. I planned a shorter route, just forty miles. To be precise I asked the Garmin app for a gravel route of around forty…
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Scotish beauty day 1
First of all I make no apologies for the number of posts I released recently. Despite the length of the journey or the poor weather I’m in good spirits because of my surroundings. I’m in Muirkirk, Scotland. After around twelve hours in the van to get here you might expect…
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Scotland - Day one
I’ll start by stating the obvious. It was a long drive. I did it in about ten hours, probably left my house too early. Although if had started this journey later I might not have stopped at the Devils Porridge Museum. I’ll let Sir Arthur Conan Doyle explain.
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Van Life
As you’ll have read I had two holidays recently and traveled by hired van. Why a van? Previously I rode my bike or used a train, which are both great ways to travel. But they place restrictions on what I can carry and journey timing. As you’ll see above I…
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OCC Kent weekender. Home time
As I waited for my breakfast to arrive I gazed out of the window. I was on my own. My companion for the first morning, Janette, went home yesterday. An American couple came in. I asked what they thought of the city. We started chatting about England. Coincidence is incredible.…