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The Bald Journaller
Jun 19, 20214 min read
Allowed out … day 17 & 18
Miles today: 194 Miles so far: 2905 Miles tomorrow: 140 estimated Total miles for the trip: 3050+ Pretty good without actually leaving...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 17, 20214 min read
Allowed out … day 16 (an unusual day - everything went to plan!)
Miles today: 201 Miles soda far: 2711 Ruins: 2! Cream teas: 0 - in fact we have had nothing since breakfast! MBC (Miles Before Coffee): a...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 16, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 15
Miles today: a mere 81, but almost all of it on high moorland roads - magic! Distance from where we started today as crow flies: about...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 15, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 14 (King Eric, leaves Scotland, but not easily!)
Miles today: 208 Miles so far: 2429 u-turns: Eric is claiming none, but then he abandoned our route when we got stopped by a tractor...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 13 (all routes lead to the Kelpies)
Miles today: 181 Miles so far: 2221 U-turns: excluding the first 10 minutes, none! (but 3 in the first 10 minutes) Culture: 2 - one...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 13, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 12 (we cross the country yet again!)
Miles today: 238 - a long day! Miles so far: 2040 u-turns: not telling - ok 3, but one of them was due to a closed road culture: none!...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 12, 20212 min read
Allowed out ... day 11 (aka “It’s going to be a blemish free day”)
Miles today: 175 Miles so far: 1802 u-turns: disputed! Eric says 3, I say 5 ruins: 1, but impressive Going to be short tonight - no desk...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 11, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 10
Miles today:146 Miles so far: 1627 u-turns: a barely believable 14 - Rob managed to break his own record for fastest, by having to make...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 9
Miles today: 155 Miles so far: 1481 U-turns: 5 I think, but when you get to Dunnet Head and John O’Groats the choices are limited if you...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Allowed out ... day 8
Miles today: 155 Miles so far: 1236 u-turns: 0, that’s zero, possibly a first! ruins visited: 0 again, but I have feeling that is about...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 8, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 7 (Bealach na Ba - Pass of the Cattle)
Miles today: 135 Miles so far: 1171 u-turns today: 4 ... at least (which on a road with virtually no options is quite impressive!)...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 7, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 6 (a day in the Glens)
Miles today: 170 Miles so far: 1036 u-turns: a frankly appalling 6! time of arrival: before 6pm! ferries: just 1 today Oban greeted us...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 5
Miles today: only 88 Miles so far: 866 u-turns: none - amazing, but there is virtually one road round Mull Ruins: none - the monastery at...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 5, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 4 (aka Eric becomes King of Scotland Day - and Ireland as it happens)
Miles today : 151 - short day but we did take 4 ferries Miles so far: 778 (might need to check my adding up) u-turns: 4 today - pretty...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 4, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 3
Miles today: 209 Miles so far: 628 time of arrival: 18.15 yeah!! u-turns: 3 - all in the last mile!! ruins: 2 We are in Scotland! No...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Allowed out ... day 2
Miles today: 219 Miles so far: 417 u-turns: none today! ancient ruins: 2 but I blobbed out on one of them Another glorious day of riding...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 2, 20213 min read
Allowed out ... day 1
Miles today: 198 Miles so far: 198 u-turns: at least 6 Ruins visited: none so far! WiFi not working sufficiently well for upload of...
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The Bald Journaller
May 24, 20211 min read
The allowed out tour of GB
Coming soon...to a media outlet near you! The Boys are back out of town. With restrictions lifted (except in towns beginning with B...
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