Bikepacking Perth to Oban, Scotland
As I sit here looking at the red sunrise, warm and comfortable on a plane at 20,000ft I reminisce about the three days Bikepacking I’ve just completed. Not 24hrs ago […]
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Escape – An emergency day off.
Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]
Running The Cateran Trail
We’re half way, or so we thought, as Ian and I were sitting on a bench in the warm sun in Altyh we were contemplating the reasons why we’d chosen […]
Glen Tilt to Linn of Dee
It’s been 12 years since I last came here, our plan then was to hike half way to Braemar, camp and then hike out the next day. It’s a popular […]
Scotland Coast to Coast
The forecast was for mist in the morning and cloudy at lunchtime with a Yellow weather warning for heavy rain from 1pm. It’s 8am and I’m at Ardgay on the […]
Why am I running 100km?
Well, it’ll actually be around 105km by the time I’m complete. The simple answer to this is because I want to. I’ve never ran this distance before in any shape […]
Running the length of Scotland
482miles / 770 km 119hours of running 18 different days over 11 Months 21000m of ascent. Running the length of Scotland. Little did I know that when I signed up […]
Day 2/3 WHW West Highland Way
I wake in an empty hostel, no one it seems came in last night and I didn’t see the ranger again. I made coffee and went up to my room. […]
That Damn Bird
I swear there’s only one Cuckoo alive in the UK and that cuckoo followed us from Fort William to Cape Wrath. ALL-THE-WAY! Have you ever noticed that although they say […]
2 weeks to go..
As I stare out to the calm Forth, I’m reminiscing about my training. It is hard to believe that I’m just two weeks from starting this adventure. From signing up […]
Run Spud Run! 