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Wow, thanks. I wasn't looking far enough away!

Can somebody familiar with north west Scotland tell me the name of the peak in this photo? I took it from the A385 at Inverlael, about eight miles south of Ullapool, grid reference NH182850. The direction is difficult to determine as there's a curve in the road at that point but I'd guess it's south west or south south west. I've picked all the peaks I can find on the map and googled them but none seem to be pointed like this!

I'll be setting off on Saturday 25th April to ride around the coast of Great Britain, starting from Worcester, going down to the Seven Estuary then round in an anti clockwise direction to arrive back in Worcester around three months later. I appreciate this is not unique but it's the first and probably only time for me!

I will be raising money for Alzheimer's Disease along the way so contributions to my fund would be most welcome and can be made here: https://www.justgiving.com/Round-the-Coast/

To help keep costs down I would be grateful for any offers of accommodation, somewhere to pitch my tent, or just a cup of tea and a piece of cake, also anybody who would ride with me for part of the route will be welcome.

A few more details and updates will appear here: http://www.round-the-coast.com/

Wow, thank you everybody. There are things here I hadn't thought of and interesting things to consider. Nice to see people talking about computers in plain English too

I will be riding all round the coast of Great Britain this summer and will discuss that on here nearer the time but at the moment I'm trying to find a Tablet. I'm rather stuck in my ways, having used a Windows 7 Laptop for the last five years and a BlackBerry phone for the last four.

I should like to keep a daily record of my ride with photos and either a blog or a website and to keep in touch with people via email and Facebook. I appreciate that a lot of people will say I don't HAVE to do this and of course they're right but I should LIKE to do it and for me it's the easiest way to keep a record of the ride.

I've worked out that what I want is an 8" screen tablet, with connection to the internet via a SIM card, running Windows, but that is difficult to find.

Anything much smaller than that and I can't see it (I'm 57 and need reading glasses!), much bigger than that and it becomes cumbersome. I should be able to carry an 8" tablet in my handlebar bag.

There seems to be a much bigger choice of tablets running Android but that is unfamiliar to me and starts a learning curve which may be more difficult for me than riding over Porlock Hill. I'd also like to stick with my familiar Tracklogs mapping software and Photoshop.

Somebody has told me I don't need a SIM as I can now get a mobile Wi-Fi device. It seems to me that this would be yet another item I'd need to keep charged and they look rather more heavy and expensive than using a SIM.

I'd prefer to buy from a shop rather than the internet as I'll need to go back for advice after I've got it and internet helplines aren't my cup of tea.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, thanks.

Brilliant stuff!

I've put my back tyre on the wrong way round so that the little arrow that says "direction" is going backwards. What's going to happen to me??

Oh dear, I've just found a spare large pair of clips in the package. I'll get my coat...

Wow, thanks for that. I'll get them ordered

I bought one of these handlebar bags but the horseshoe clips are too small for my new oversize handlebar. I'm pleased with the bag so would prefer not to return it so please could somebody point me in the direction of some larger clips or another solution? Thanks.

Are either of these you?

Does anyone know if cycling is allowed in Ickworth Park, Suffolk and if so, what the surface is like? I need to cross from south to north (TL818597 to TL811636)

Thanks

Not me this time then. I'm quite ept at numericalls.

Ah, so it's a cyclist

Ah, I see it's Scottish I like number 3 best!!

Thanks chrisc.