As the man is too awesome and too shy to do so himself, I'll just report that he made it to Edinburgh safely and is now ensconced with DGOAB for the evening. We'll be towing him to Pitlochry tomorrow 🙂
Good stuff
Excellent. Arse up, head down, grit your teeth and go for it!
don simon - Member
Excellent. Arse up, head down, grit your teeth and go for it!
You do understand that even though this is tsy, it's a sponsored BIKE ride, don't you... 😉
Well done tsy, 'almost' there!
AWESOME!
Fantastic! Sprint finish?
....perfect day for it, enjoy 😉 !
if you hear a bus tooting the horn at ya, that will be me!!!
i will watch out for you guys.
Can't be that many miles left? Any chance of an update please?
Left them with a couple of miles to Pitlochry tonight - that was about 6:30pm. Slow day caused mostly be a knee injury (not TSY). They got there safely and are heading for either Invergarry or Fort Augustus tomorrow.
FWIW, DGOAB, mustard and I returned to Edinburgh, completing an 18-hour day 🙂
They have three more days to go (including today). We had hot sunshine, not a cloud in the sky and the most fab ice cream yesterday. A brilliant two days of riding with awesome company, thanks again everyone 🙂 x
dgoab, druidh and mustard have demonstrated a genuine spirit and must be applauded for supporting TSY and his friend. 8)
Isn't it amazing how bikes can bring out the best in people? 🙂
Applauded? The hardest thing about the last two days was turning around & heading South yesterday. Stunning weather and some wonderful scenery guaranteed for the next couple of days.
druidh - there will be other sunny days. 😀
Is he nearly there yet? ❓
Update would be appreciated. 🙂
Latest update was at 5pm, they were in wick stopping for coffee....i texted about half an hour wondering if they'd made it but not heard yet. Will let you know.
C_G...got bits of your email, will reply later tonight, just in from a ride and need food 🙂
dirtygirl - thanks very much. 🙂 Looks for atlas as hasn't a clue where Wick is!
Around 27km, they must be there! Probably drinking beer. 8)
Woo and hoo! Congratulations to TSY and team. 😀
Just heard that they made it. Well done guys 8)
A gentle ride - oh yeah. 🙄
TSY - you are permitted to recuperate, an alien concept I'm sure but Auntie knows best. 😉
Hope you and the team are in good spirits after a celebratory dram! When in Rome ...
whooop!
Awww that's nice. Well done people.
Hip, and indeed, hoorah! Well done all.
I was contemplating writing a massive piece about the trip, the climbs and the descents, the highs and lows but I can't bring my words together.
Really I just want to thank everyone for the support on here, the offers of hospitality that I took and didn't take as the schedule allowed and all the randoms we met along the way.
The UK is a beautiful place, to see it by bike in the weather we've been having recently is a humbling experience. It's something everyone should do and it shouldn't be done by A road alone. It should be done by getting lost, taking the advice of the people you meet along the way and with a smile, sometimes forced, upon your face.
I want to see more, I want to ride more... I don't want to go back to work.
I'm putting on a hat as we speak, just so I can take it off to you...
Congratulations.
Bravo !
That's it?? All that time out, all that cycling and you can only come up with a handful of sentences?
I want to see more, I want to ride more... I don't want to go back to work.
Tough shit. Get on the bus and put your tie on.
Druidh - I'm a man of few words... what can I say?
Special thanks should go to you though. The day you took us on was awesome... the day past Laggan (the only day with wind behind us) was absolutely amazing. Didn't even notice we were climbing in the morning. The descent and the views... breathtaking... I could've died content on that day. Now I just want to ride in Scotland more... by far the best part of the journey 🙂
Heh - I knew that was the right way to go. Still dead jealous!
btw - I posted my LEJOG entry today. What can I say - you inspired me!
Yeti = Awesome 8)
Always wanted to do that
TSY - touring gets a bit addictive eh? You made me want to pack my bike and hit the road too so I've decided to take a couple of weeks and zig-zag my way back up the country from SSUK in September, if I'm really lucky I'll get weather as good as you did - except for the 'Welcome to Scotland' rain you had with us 🙂
Druidh - I may well plan a ridiculous 230+K epic to see you come buy then 🙂 You'll love it no doubt about it and if the route allows stay off the A roads and look around 🙂 Oh, and stop for cake, obviously 😉
Mustard, it totally does! As does riding silly distances in the dark by the sounds of things! I have a feeling that alot of my weekends are going to involve getting trains to random places just to ride back from now on. I've also started to plant seeds in DirtyG's mind about an off road LEJOG???
Well done for completing a fair few days of hard graft. I dont think I saw you whilst out on my bike, did you go through the Lake District?
Brushed the outside of the Lakes... bit gutted as we had intended on adventuring a bit further in. Had to leave the dry stone wall unfinished and the stones I brought up from the Cotswolds at the top of Shap, can you sort it out please DT?
Emsz.. almost the end of May you know... you can ride LEJOG for your early midlife crisis instead if you want?
The chances of me doing LEJOG are about the same as you getting to have your wicked way with me 😆
I'll leave no stone unturned
I hope you stayed off the puffs while you were doing it 😉
Very well done on completing it 🙂
deadlydarcy - Member
I hope you stayed off the puffs while you were doing it
You are still off the puffs? Yes?
You are still off the puffs? Yes?
Qui? Moi?
I am 🙂
(I did have a weekend in Amsterdam where I sort of had no choice 😳 but only twice 
)
Ha, course I'm still off the ciggies!
I was tempted when I got back to London this morning to find an empty space where I'd left my car, but not that tempted 🙂
I was tempted when I got back to London this morning to find an empty space where I'd left my car, but not that tempted
😯
Eh? Nicked? 🙁
It would've been less costly if it had!
Incorrectly displayed permit, or something... grovelling letter to Wandsworth Council is in the post *insert praying smiley*
grovelling letter to Wandsworth Council
I had a parking ticket issue with them (to do with permits given to me by a flipping client). I lost big style. I'm not going to go into how much it cost me in the end. Bailiffs were involved. That was when I was smoking. Went through a whole pouch for that one. Unlucky. Good luck getting it fixed - plenty of help on the net.
