Scotland. Training & Gear testing.
Ouch!Four days and 162 miles through NW Scotland...the most remote place we could find has left us wondering what we've got ourselves into?
South America in miniature, very long roads, endless hills and rivers. Beautiful.
Setting off from Ullapool our first day took us about 45 miles to Clachtol via the coast road in glorious sunshine.
One of the Koga's fully loaded and admiring the view over Inverpolly.
Sarah cycling towards Stac on the first day.
The descent out of Inverpolly towards the coast.
Old Salmon nets at Clachtol and a perfect white beach.
Sunset at Red Angus's campsite, Scourie.Oh and it was my birthday.
The long and winding road to Lochinver and some proper Scottish weather.
No Gore-Tex mittens for Sarah but a couple of bin liners seemed to work ok.
Four days of sunshine would have been nice but we couldn't have asked for better kit testing conditions. One day of hot sunshine, one day of rain and two days of 25mph + headwinds.All the kit worked extremely well apart from the tent which fell apart at the seams. However both Venturesport and TNF have been more than helpful and have even offered to double stitch a new tent for us to ensure it's robust enough for the trip.
The exped down mats were particuarly comfortable and warm, as was Sarah's AlpKit sleeping bag.
The bike were faultless and seemed even more at home when fully loaded with the 5 panniers.
