Cycling UK Forum

jonk wrote:We cycled on the "A road" through Forsinard and I had no idea that there were other roads available or that they are open to cyclists. One for next time I think.

All roads, tracks, paths, in Scotland's countryside are open to cyclists.

And that expression, which I also use, sums up the way we in the UK deal with these things. If a chunk of the UK displays a wish to leave the UK and they do it for long enough, they will get a chance to vote on it. The Scots have voted on it twice in my lifetime and will probably do so again at som...

Some launderettes don't like you tumble drying something you haven't washed there for some reason.

BAM stuff is pretty good, especially if you get things on sale, a lot of it has around 30% cotton content so not as good as the likes of 100% merino stuff.

https://bambooclothing.co.uk/

hughwill69 wrote:....... Once rejoining the A9 at The Mound we used the main (and only) road all the way up to John O'Groats......

It's not the only road though is it!?

Cos it's an absolutely horrific road. Takes all the heavy traffic up to the north east, it's narrow, often not the best surface, it's quite exposed and traffic often travels quite fast along it. . I disagree, it's not bad, not ideal certainly but ok, some good views out to sea . You can cut off jus...

Is there a route that approximately follows the old Waverley railway line from E to C? Sustrans appears to have nothing. Alternatively I'm looking for touring in the Borders this coming October, so any suggestions are appreciated. A couple of years ago I rode from Berwick to Appleby and was enchant...

Unfortunately Robens no longer make the Raptor tent. However, the same design seems to be being used by the Slovakian company Zajo for their Oland 2 tent, not sure about their choice of colour for it though. And the spec states nylon with silicon coating on outside, PU coating on inside of the flysh...

BBC stopped using the Met' Office a couple of years ago, they now get all their weather from Meteo.
Temperatures can vary considerably even in a small local area, you were in a river valley which will be cooler than elsewhere.

Looks like a new ferry service may be about to start up between Scotland and the Netherlands, Rosyth to Groningen (Eemshaven) https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17855544.fife-netherlands-ferry-link-helm-mitigate-no-deal-brexit-chaos/ Hopefully it gets off the ground and is able to be commercially v...

Whenever I've seen/heard motor vehicles driving at night in campsites I wondered about the possibility of this especially when you're in a small, possibly green backpacking tent and the person in the car is coming back from the pub. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/car-driven-into-tent-at-wale...

You can use a v brake noodle to ease the cable route into the brake.

No, but take a look at the weight => 960g . . . nearly double the weight of a Helinox Chair Zero ( 510g approx ) I would not want to be dragging around all that extra weight - despite the much lower price. PS. My Aldi version only weighs 760g approx ( £18 ). But that one does show indications of a ...

Been using these Hi Gear bags for flying with panniers and tent etc. for at least ten years, very useful, roll up very small and fit in a pannier pocket for cycling.
Good price at Go Outdoors just now.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15913096/h ... r-15913096

Also can I be enlightened into the significance of Several if not most of the managment in restuareants and hotels on the 500 seemed to be from far reaches of the UK and not too mamy seemed local Is that implying the locals don’t want the work or a realisation the locals can’t afford to work for on...