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Still open, still amazing. Do not miss it.

Been through Berriedale twice this Summer. The descent from the North is interesting on a fully laden bike. Back at the Ord of Caithness, the old road is still open, almost, and forms a good gentle way up except for....http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4557741 Here the last few metres to join the old...

Did Inverness to Kirkwall and back a couple of weeks ago. The Crask is wonderful, and had the bunkhouse and dinner for c.£35 The Lairg to Tongue road is delightful for scenery, but the sprints for and trackstands within the passing places are tiresome and when waiting you are an easy target for midg...

Too many lengths of busy roads between the ends of yellow roads in Scotland without paths. To cross an all but motorway like the A90 or A9 it is often necessary to use the busy road between the end of one road and the start of another. A path should run along all trunk roads when there is no paralle...

Dump truck survivor (only bike written off). Yet to get hit by a car though.

wild camping in England is a banned subject because it IS illegal. If you are thinking of lighting a real fire then that is where the real problem lies. . This tolerant and mild mannered English landowner (who despises the English anti access laws) will turn into the worst get orf moi land propriat...

Idiots shooting a shotgun in the general direction of the Fife Coastal path. Even spent shot raining down through a tree stings.

Mostly camping. Occasional hostel. B&B and especially hotels are out of my range.

In 2010 I crossed Belguim to De Panne by train and then onwards via camping in Dunkirque to the ferry. Very easy and inexpensive journey. Trains were of the hook the front wheel variety. There are some interesting rail trail routes in the Ardennes / Eifel to link the Leige area with the Mosel. Spott...

A word about the campsites. I have usually been blessed with traditional weather when touring in Ireland and the usual presence of a small kitchen or rest area in the campsites is a blessing. Hole up in there for the evening with endless brews (goan,goan, goan, goan.......) and a good book for a dry...

Never, ever "Mount" Cairngorm.

Watch out for lampers - often folk go out at night with big lamps and guns after foxes. I have had some fun camping in Scottish glens, where the land managers knew I was somewhere in the area (after meeting them earlier in the day). The landrover would stop and sweep the surrounding area before fina...

Six corners - good enough for France.

There is a motormoron on a phone in right now burbling about "road tax" and banning bikes from roads.

Roads are "dangerous". Why is that then?

Defective car lights.

An assumption here that the plastics will treat cyclists the same way as drivers...