Heavens, I have gone down the rabbit hole on this. Such wonderful video, commentary, history, language , etc that I will end up watching many videos when I really should be working....
Hi great video. Keep going. I will be 60 this year, BUT will do "the Ride" 8 days of cycling., 1300km and 18.000 hm, including Mt Ventoux, Alpe D'huez and the col du Glandon. So I will keep going as well. Never too old!
I’m just about to embark on my first trip of the whole Caledonia way with my friend and I have to say these videos are great bud, informative and well edited. Kudos.
We got them from the first place we stayed on the Kintyre Way along with the fluffy robes. I think we were allowed to keep them and we each were walking around that caravan in them 😁
@@alwaysanotheradventure Yes my friend did it last year and told us how absolutely fantastic it was so we fancy either it or the Lochs and Glens North or Coast and Castles North route. We can't make our minds up yet haha
Wonderful sunset shots. I’m lucky enough to live in easy reach of the west coast and it truly is that magical. One if the reasons that I’m here for good. Excellent video as always Simon.
great video! I‘m feeling „homesick“ watching this. Before the pandemic we used to visit Kilmartin and the Kintyre Peninsula every year, sometimes even several times a year. But we never were there with our bikes. Next time we surely will explore the region with our bikes. In the meantime I will watch your videos and get inspired.
Great video and thank you for staying with us at Kings Reach Vegan B & B , it was a pleasure to meet you both. We love the drone footage of Dunadd Hill, absolutely stunning.
Well done Si great documentary. The views and the towns are magnificent. In Victoria we are back in lock down so no riding. Just the same your video helps me to look forward to the joys of riding. I love Scotland!
I will be beginning to train for this after getting back to uni(currently I can cycle only about 50km in a day), this is an excellent motivator. Thanks for all the good work you've done.
Really helpful set of videos on this route, Simon. This is on my list of "long-distance rides in retirement," and I'm hoping to do it either later this year, or next year. Lots of useful information to help me plan!
Great video, and I'm so glad you pointed out the importance of Dunadd. It is, in effect, where Scotland began. A couple of small points on pronunciation. Dalriada is stressed on the 'ee' sound, not on the 'a', 'ria' just as Rio is not stressed on the 'o', it's a diphthong as in Ikea (!). And Kilberry, like all Kil- names is stressed on the second element. Kil is the generic first element (the cell of...), Berry is the specific second element, a saint's name. Small points, that don't spoil a fine video.
@@alwaysanotheradventure You're welcome. A couple of days ago I took a spin from Ballachulish to the Creran Bridge and back, and I think you're absolutely right - possibly the most beautiful NCN route I've cycled, particularly in glorious sunshine and bright blue skies.
You have obviously got used to rural Scotland traffic volumes . Things are relative and for visitors from the south of England rest assured that main road traffic is very light in the rural west of Scotland. A82 from Glasgow to Fort William excepted. If you happily cycle on English roads, you won't be troubled by the traffic on any road west of the A82
Another tremendous one! I did the Kilberry loop a few years ago and was tempted by - but didn’t take - the additional loop to the north on the Old Ellary Road as a scenic route to Crinan or Tayvallich. Have you cycled that one Simon?
Very useful and entertaining video Simon as usual. Am contemplating bike packing this route with tent, probably next year now. I'm led to believe that midges could be a significant factor. Do you have such an experience and do you have any tips on how to manage them or perhaps certain months of the year to avoid?
Ah, the midge question! Hi Sean, glad you like the video. Midges can appear from early May and disappear sometime in September, but we're never really sure. You can google the Midge Forecast which helps a bit. They don't like; bright sun, very heavy rain or strong wind. They really don't like the anti-midge coils you can burn - I'll come back to these. So even though July was the height of the midge season we've seen few here while it has been scorching. As the overcast skies appeared, out came the midges. They also appear early morning and evenings. You can mitigate their worst affects by putting repellent with 50% DEET on your legs and Smidge on your face, perhaps spraying clothes with permytherin (not sure of spelling). A head net is a worthwhile investment, and you can get complete, lightweight midge jackets, but they're more useful to me when I have to stand outside filming. So my camping routine is to use repellent as described (also helps with ticks but sadly not clegs), try to eat on the move or in 'civilisation', and when I stop to camp, get the head net on, tent up and dive inside. Get a coil burning in the vestibule (OK, not safe but it works) and cook in there too. I take a pee bottle into the tent. If I have to go out the zip on the tent is open for a millisecond! Hope that's useful. Oh, and remember, their purpose is to remind humans that we're part of the food chain.
