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Day 5 July 18, 2025 Stats: 29 mi. AIS: 3:10, Elev. 790 ft. Speed: 9.1mph We were traveling in the van by 9am this morning to Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England. We needed to time our 15 mile ride from there to Holy Island to cross the causeway to the island when the tide was out. Today weContinue reading “Timing the tide to ride”

Day 4 July 17, 2025 Stats: 28 miles, AIS: 2:29 Elev. 1587 ft. Speed: 11.1mph We started our morning with breakfast at Sandy’s. He did some shopping early and came back with food for the week. My favorite was the Muesli (cereal)! The muesli cereal you can get in the states does not even compareContinue reading “Big Beautiful Borders…countryside ride”

Day 3 July 15, 2025 Isle of Aaran, Lochranza, ferry, drive, Kelso (on the east side of Scotland) Stats: 14,miles, AIS: 1:27, Elev. 836 ft, Speed: 9.9 mph We needed a much earlier start today to arrive at the ferry by 10:30am. The hostel had a simple continental breakfast… toast, cereal, yogurt, juice, coffee andContinue reading “From Isle of Aaran to Kelso”

Day 2 July 15. 2025 Isle of Aaran, Ayreshire Stats: 42 miles. AIS: 4:23 (Ass in saddle), Elev. 1814 ft. Avg speed: 9.4 mph The days are long in Scotland. Dawn is at 5am and sunset at 9:15pm. We woke up to sunshine but the forecast for today is some kind of rain all dayContinue reading “Scenic… and wet”

Day 1. July 14, 2025. About a 10 mile easy flat ride. It was a checkout ride to get our bike saddles the right height and make sure the shifting was working. The first order of business this morning was for Curt to reassemble his bicycle at the hotel. He just sat down (in hisContinue reading “Houston…. we have a problem”

Day 0 Train from London to Glasgow July 13, 2025 We caught the 8:50am train from London and arrived in Glasgow about 3pm. Sandy and Curt picked us up at the train station. We immediately went to the bicycle shop to pickup our bicycles. They were all ready for us. They look pretty nice withContinue reading “Headed to Glasgow….Scotland!”

MANCHESTER. Day 1 We arrived safely and in time in Manchester from Reykjavik.  Took an Uber to our hotel where we met Jim’s brother and sister (Tom, Annette).  Tom was going to the ELO concert that evening so we had the afternoon with Annette checking out a canal tour in the city. Not recommended… prettyContinue reading “A few days in England…3 cities”

Day 1. June 7, 2025 Billings-Seattle, Seattle-Reykjavík, Reykjavík-Manchester Depart Billings 2pm,  Depart Seattle 3:45pm  Depart Reykjavík 8am (June 8) I hadn’t intended to post on our travel to England for the blog but after the events of our first day of international travel I’ve decided to include this portion of our trip.  Oh lord….Alaska airContinue reading “The trials and tribulations of air travel when things go wrong “

It’s a trip to Scotland… our first in Scotland, Great Britain, the UK! I had to learn the distinction between the country of Scotland, the “island” of Great Britain and the government (if you will) of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Secondly in Scotland the “pipes” refers to bagpipes not theContinue reading “Pedals, Pipes and Pubs?”