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As promised when I started this thread I can now provide an update to the first leg - Milton Keynes to Ardrossan Harbour. Our daughter arrived yesterday afternoon as planned and most of the trip worked out OK. At MK station the railway staff wanted to see both her ticket and printed cycle reservatio...

Just before Easter my daughter asked me to arrange for her and her mountain bike to travel by train as follows for a Scottish holiday in late May Leg 1 Milton Keynes to Adrossan Harbour (Stay with the family on Arran) Leg 2 Adrossan Harbour to Inverness (Separately arranged bike packing trip Cape Wr...

I had a similar situation here in the UK a few years ago when my Brompton was dropped by luggage handlers at a coach company. At the time I had to buy a new rack but still have the old one in my spares box. If I remember correctly it was a lug on the casting that broke and the stays are intact If yo...

Thank you for all the helpful replies.

I have now managed to reconcile the different information from the various sources.

Planning to read "Three men in a boat" again before I go.

Alan

In a fortnight's time I hope to have a day out on my Brompton, starting from Richmond station and following the Thames upstream and then a train back to central London. How far I get just depends on how the day goes. Having looked at a number of maps (Tfl and OS) and searching a number of websites (...

The charity REMAP (http://www.remap.org.uk) has local branches in many areas of the country and aims to provide custom made items, free of charge, for people with a variety of disabilities - not just cycling. I suggest you visit the website above which will direct you to your local group. Alan Parke...

This is a rather belated reply as my wife and I have just returned from an excellent holiday, including some cycling, on the Isle of Arran. A comment was made about the Co-op shops having a monopoly and hence increased prices. This has not been our experience. The Co-op shops in both Brodick and Lam...

Glad it worked out for you.

For future reference I think that there is break in the hourly ferry service at 1pm from Port Appin. This fact made me speed down from the cycle track near Castle Stalker in order to avoid a 2hr wait on the jetty.

Alan

PS Do post to let us know how you get on

AWP

Just a further thought. One advert for the ferry timetable said that the phone would only be manned when the ferry was moored on the mainland so you may need to time your contact carefully. Enjoy Lismore it was great.

Alan

I am just back from a weekend in Oban and did exactly this route. As previous posters have said it is quite a small ferry and I do not think you could get a trike on board. On this trip there were 6 bikes including my Brompton. All of these were lifted on by the crew into the wheel house before the ...

If you are unable to find a commercial solution you could try approaching the charity Remap. (I volunteer with my local group). Remap is a national charity that uses local volunteers, often retired engineers, technicians or those with good DIY skills, to manufacture or modify equipment to meet parti...

I too can recommend this route which I did (partly) earlier this year. It is mapped and signed as NCN 700 and Sustrans(?) produces a useful map, though as ever OS maps show more off-route detail. From Leeds I caught the Northern train to Carnforth with a very quick change onwards to Barrow in Furnes...

I hope to finish off the Bay Cycle way in early July - the previous outing was cut short by bad weather. At the same time I want to explore the Heysham peninsula as well as visit the Leighton Moss RSPB site Does any one know any cycle friendly accommodation in Morecambe itself - preferably with a si...

I have only flown with my Brompton on a return trip from Edinburgh to Orkney so my experience is limited. On that occasion, and since then when traveling by long distance coach, I use the soft bag made by Carradice, padding the folded bike with spare clothes in stuff sacks or carrier bags. In additi...