Bikepacking The Scottish Highlands - An Adventure On The Highland Trial 550 Innerloop 

Hats off to you for smiling through the rain and bogs and providing me with a wonderful video. Incredibly beautiful scenery.

thanks for another brilliant video .sorry about all the water.glad you got back in one peace

Swimming, bog snorkelling , raining, wet, with some incidental cycling. Bloody heroes !

Thank you - absolutely brilliant. Will be in Scotland by bike in June.

Tough ride for tough lads, great film thanks!

The scenery is like something out of a dream!

Awesome! You guys make the best pair!! 🙂

Awesome man 💯 👌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍

The river/lake/ocean crossing at 26:34 was bonkers. Very cool how you filmed it. Very well made documentary. I enjoyed it very much. Best wishes.

Came to this after watching the short version and loved it. Despite the obvious weather adversities your enthusiasm and humour shone through. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing boys plenty of river crossings lovely filming great to see you both having fun 🚴🚴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁😁

Crackingly well shot video this ! This lirerlly sums up all that Scottish Highlands can offer. Loved the attitude of You boys. So posotive. Only way that'll get anyone through a Highand bike adventure !

Nice one Al - You two are like the Whitehouse and Mortimer of bikepacking.

Epic adventure and loved this film, thanks for sharing!

Brilliant, guys. 👍🏻

Just crazy and so beautifulllllllllll !!!!!! Thanks for video

Thanks guys! This had to be one of the best, if not the best, Scottish Highlands bikepacking videos I’ve ever seen. Great fun, beautiful scenery, thanks again!

Wonderful adventure! Thanks, guys. 💪🏼💪🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Very nice impressions of the trails and the landscape of the Scottish Highlands! Many thanks for that! Best regards André

Looked like an amazing adventure guys.

I love your videos. You guys look to be good friends and have allot of fun riding.

That looked epic!

And to think that on most of my bikepacking trips we are worried about where our next bit of water is going to come from. Looks like an amazing area and trip. Very nicely captured in your film. Thanks for sharing.

Most beautiful countryside imaginable, the sh_ttest weather imaginable. Dont forget a wetsuit. Great adventure and very cool video - cheers lads!

Nice one Allen, looks like an awesome trip, some mad water crossings there!!

Wow! Just wow! Thanks for posting. Kenny in Arkansas, USA.

Amazing adventure. Considering the harshness of the trip, you guys looked like you had a great time. Well done 👍

Amazing video as always mate.

Great Video Fantastic adventure guys

A great film of a brave/mad outing 👍

Well done guys 👍

Great bikepacking adventure guys. Know the route / areas well. I always have my bike on the downstream side for river crossings - seems easiest way to me and the bike will not be forced into you ! look forward to your next trip.

You two always look like you have so much fun! Nice video mate. My partner and I watch from Australia.

Thanks Allen another great video from yourself & Barry. You just complement each other in your videos. Ant & Dec of Bike Packing I'd say 😅Ted

Grand film there.

Proper adventure!

I love Barry.

Cracking vids guys

Thanks for another epic video gentlemen, albeit a rather soggy one! Great cinematography as always and keep ‘em coming. Cheers!

Fantastic again..the scenery,the footage,would swear you have a camera crew with you

So did you go in June then Al, great film made my lunch time. Nearly said hour then ha ha. Keep on rolling.

Lucky me. Ive driven over most of those roads, cycled over them and walked them (for work). And in horrible weather like that too. At least I can hide in the cab of a can-am on a horrible day. Looked like a great trip though.

It looks like you had an amazing time, even though you got drookit.

Just did the Fisherfield section 3 days ago - I managed to cross the river as it's warm May conditions, but god that section broke me anyway - thigh high bog multiple times, picking detritus off my spokes. Then the section to Kinlochewe was 12km of soul destroying off camber narrow track (mistakenly took the old route north side of Loch Maree instead of via Poolewe, had multiple trees fallen into a ravine crossing too) Mentally broke me but opened my eyes to some next level wilderness in Scotland and will definitely revisit on 2 feet though!

Parabéns, pura diversão 😁😁

You need to get a mini funnel for filling the hip flask. 🥃

Excellently shot video in those conditions Shame you couldn't cross at Shenavall, notoriously difficult at the best of times let alone with that water coming off the hills. Hope you can make it back in drier conditions

What an awesome bikepacking journey you have. By the way, I am wondering if you're the late Mr Peter Boardman's cousin? Mr Peter Boardman was one of the mountaineers who joined in Mr Chris Bonington's Everest Expedition. Warm greetings from The Special Territory of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Happy bikepacking.

Superb video there showcasing the best of the Highlands. Do you have a link to your route? I'm a walker rather than a mountain biker but some of the scenery (especially in the 2nd half) around Shenavall was familiar to me from my Cape Wrath Trail walk in May 2022. What and where was the hut at 06.00? Your bikes looked like they took some serious punishment on that terrain, what models were they? A he'll of an adventure, beautifully shot. Regards Wadi.

Definitely not gravel biking but a load of type 2 fun.

Surprised you didn’t end up with trenchfoot! That river crossing was scary stuff…

Great video! Last summer I bikepacked Finland and Norway for 30 days and I definitely felt in your shoes while watching this. Can you please tell what time of the year was your trip made? I am considering following your steps...

Lovely video thank you! Out of interest how did the GORE jackets perform, I am looking for Goretex jacket and am curious as to how good the Gore ones are? Many thanks

Wonderful! I'll be bikepacking in the Highlands in August. Can't wait to be back. Question: what is your the front bag that sits on top of your handlebar bag?

You are both far more intrepid than I but this film reminded me of those instances of being caught by the weather walking or cycling in Scotland. Your best film to date IMHO. (Was your life-saver an Endura synthetic fleece jacket?)

Good ould bonny Scotland .

Making it look easier than it actually is. Was this October?

Great video could you please share gpx files

How long do your bearings, bottom brackets, etc., last in such wet conditions? I’m surprised you don’t carry the bikes through deep water when possible.

Nice one Barry 👌🏻✅👌🏻✅

Bloody hell Allen, you must have trench foot. Have you dried out yet? Great video and the waterfall at the end is nutz. Nice one boys👍🤟🤟