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02/01/2025

The northern lights were out last night. Photo nicked from my son 😁

31/12/2024

Over 20 years I have had a love/ hate relationship with marketing emails.
Generally, I hate receiving them from other companies and the vast majority get deleted without even being opened.
Why?
If know who these companies are then I know what their products are and where to find them. There are exceptions - I get a lot of weekly roundup emails from record shops instructing me how to make myself poorer that week.

I have sent out a few marketing mail shots via Skinny Tyres, but these have been sporadic. The main reason for this patchy approach is I don’t want to be part of the deluge of “buy my product” emails that flood our inboxes daily.

However, I do enjoy engaging with everyone about what I have done, am doing, and will be doing not just with Skinny Tyres, but with life in general.
Anyone who knows me, or has been on a trip with me guiding will know I like to talk. Not just about cycling, but about movies, music, dogs, history, landscapes, politics… basically whatever comes to mind.

So, for the end of 2024 and, hopefully monthly from there on, I will endeavour to write a mailshot.
This won’t be a marketing mail - if you are reading this, then I am assuming you already know what we do.
It will instead be a general, “This is what has been going on in my head this month” kind of email.

One reason for doing this is on a practical business level. Getting people to engage with my website helps with search engines and gets the name of my company out there. Essentially, when you click on my website the Google-bots take more of an interest and start pushing my website further up the rankings.
The main reason, however, is that I writing about cycling and other random things and then sharing that with the world.

If this sounds of interest to you and you would like to receive a monthly email of my ramblings, then you can sign up here. If you can occasionally click on my website and look through some of the articles I’ve written in the Blog section over the years, then even better.
If you don’t I won’t be offended. I know how many emails come through my inbox, and I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to limit them.
To sign up follow this link
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Anyway, whatever you are doing today I wish you a great day today and I hope 2025 is a year filled with adventure and great things.

Slàinte Mhath

Scot

30/12/2024

The end of the road – a year in 20 photographs 20/20

The Butt of Lewis is quite literally the end of the road on the Hebridean Way as a couple riders reach the Stevenson lighthouse.

Over the last 20 days, I have posted photographs from many of my adventures this year. It has been great fun looking through these photos and choosing what to write to accompany the images. A recurring theme has been friendship. Riding a bike is an activity suitable for all ages. Throughout my life, I have had many solo adventures, but many of the most memorable times have been shared with others.
In all aspects of my cycling career, from coaching to guiding, I have made many friends. Every cycling holiday that I guide on I come away with new memories. It may be a brief conversation with one guest at dinner, or something funny, or dramatic that has happened during the week. Sometimes, it is things like sharing a sunset over a beach or sitting with others on a shore watching otters play on the rocks. Often it is long-lasting friendships. Looking through all these photographs from cycling adventures in 2024 has been a pleasure and even more so being able to share them with you.
To each and every one of you, whether you ride a bike, support me in my cycling ventures, or just enjoy following what I do through the pictures I take, I wish you all the best for 2025.
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr

29/12/2024

A kiss with my red, red rose

A Year in 20 Photographs 19/20 - A kiss on the Hebridean Way

Kirsteen and I walked down the aisle at Kinclaven Church on the 29th of December to the melody of A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns.

The next chapter in our lives was ahead of us and I could not have had a better person to share it with.

Kirsteen is the reason Skinny Tyres is where it is today. She has supported me with every pedal stroke of the journey. It was her enthusiasm for my initial idea that pushed me forward. Each time I felt overwhelmed by the mountains ahead, she was there to get me to the top. In 2020, it looked like everything was falling apart because of Covid. I was working any job I could find; from deliveries to working on a checkout in a supermarket. Kirsteen was always positive that it would all turn out well - and it did. Her enthusiasm for life, kindness, and willingness to be there for everyone is incredible.
Despite all her support over the last 15 years of Skinny Tyres, Kirsteen had never been on a cycling holiday, let alone a Skinny Tyres cycling holiday. So, 2024 was the year to remedy that. Kirsteen joined us on a Hebridean Way trip. The Outer Hebrides hold a special place in her heart. Her enthusiasm for the islands led me to start running trips there several years ago.
Kirsteen joined our tour in July 2024 and at the end of the week, we celebrated her completion of the Hebridean Way with a kiss and whisky.
Today is our 21st Wedding Anniversary and I think we will again celebrate with a kiss and a whisky.

A Red, Red Rose
By Robert Burns

O my Luve is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.

28/12/2024

Friends - A Year in 20 Photographs 18/20
Back in the mists of time, 2009 to be precise, around the time I was establishing Skinny Tyres, another cycling friend and I also started the Tay Titans Junior Cycling Club in Perth.

We aimed to have a club where young folk would come along and learn new skills, have fun cycling, and make new friends. As a shy and introverted youth, cycling was the thing that I could do and I was good at. As such it boosted my confidence in other areas of life. It brought me out of my shell and I made new friends. I wanted other young people to experience that same opportunity and importantly, have fun on a bike.

I stepped back from the club several years ago, but it is thriving, thanks to all the hard work and dedication of many volunteers and parents. The club won the “Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland” club of the year in 2023 and has many of its members racing in various disciplines at all levels. We are also proud to have had Olympian and World Champion mountain biker Charlie Aldridge as a club member - the Tay Titans was his first cycling club.
I am extremely proud of the achievements of the Tay Titans and to have been able to play my small part in the club. I am also happy to have made so many friends through the club and to be able to work with them in other avenues of cycling.
Today’s photo is of Tay Titans coaches and friends who joined me on the BBC One Show Challenge Squad in November this year. I was tasked with creating a team to support Grace in her challenge. Choosing those team members from the experienced and competent coaches at the Tay Titans was easy and they rose to the challenge.

28/12/2024

A passion and pride for Scotland.

A Year in 20 Photographs 17/20 – The Quiraing on the Isle of Skye - A passion and pride for Scotland.
When I started Skinny Tyres in 2009 I didn’t have a plan. I was naive to the intricacies of business and no one I knew ran their own business. I just dived in at the deep end. What I did have, was a passion for cycling, and, more than that, a love of, and a real pride for Scotland.
The idea of running cycling holidays in Scotland had popped into my head after returning from a cycling trip to the French and Italian Alps. I joined my local club for a 100-mile ride around Highland Perthshire that weekend. It was a stunning day and I realised that the mountains and landscapes I craved to cycle in were also just on my doorstep. I had been riding through them for years, but the familiarity had blinded me to their charms. It took a few more years until I plucked up enough courage to leave full-time paid employment and “just go for it”, but I was determined that I would start a business where people from around the world would come to Scotland to ride their bikes and see what a beautiful country we live in.
Fast-forward 15 years and this photograph of cyclists ascending the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye encapsulates my passion and pride for Scotland and why I started Skinny Tyres all those years ago.
We have had our ups and downs, both physically and mentally. No one told me that running my own business would be such an all-consuming affair, that I wouldn’t be able to clock out at 5:30 pm and go and relax with some family time. I have also made many life-long friends, ridden in amazing places - and cycled through the Channel Tunnel!!! - and learnt a lot about myself and my family.
My love of Scotland and my desire to share that love with others has sustained me through all these years. There are still so many amazing areas in Scotland we need to cycle through and I cannot wait to share these places with you.

26/12/2024

Responsible Tourism.

A Year in 20 Photographs 16/20 – Supporting local business.

Riders enjoying cake and coffee at the Wee Cottage Kitchen on North Uist.
One of the many aspects that we are proud of at Skinny Tyres is our customised vans that help us support our guests as they cycle through Scotland.
They are equipped with everything we, or our riders may need for a cycling holiday in Scotland.
This includes snacks and other sustenance for riders as they pedal each day. Our spread is substantive, but we are aware that we visit areas with a fragile economy.
To play our part, we encourage our riders to visit local businesses, including cafes for coffee, cake and lunch. One such area is the Outer Hebrides where numerous cafes are scattered among the islands on the route of the Hebridean Way.
Skinny Tyres is a small family-owned and run business, so we recognise the benefits of mutual support with other small businesses.
We are part of the Outer Hebrides Tourism group that actively promotes the Hebridean Way as a recognised route through the islands. OHT and its members realise that visitors support local businesses and accommodation providers boosting the local economy.
These businesses, from self-employed taxi drivers to cafes to accommodation providers and local craft makers and artists are all part of working communities and often depend on the influx of visitors through a short season.
When we visit we make a point of supporting these local businesses using their facilities and visiting their premises.
The local working communities benefit from the boost generated by the income tourism brings. In our approach, we endeavour to support local communities and businesses. We want to give back to them by supporting family businesses and local people and through the years we have made many friends on the islands.
We pride ourselves on an inclusive and sustainable approach, supporting people of all abilities and ages to visit and cycle through an area of Scotland that they may otherwise never visit, or get an opportunity to cycle the route, for whatever reason.
Approaches to tourism, especially in environmentally sensitive areas need to be sustainable and beneficial to the places we visit. Furthermore, we must be mindful of tourism's negative impacts on communities, and landscapes. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our approach and work in partnership with local communities and businesses in a positive manner that will address environmental and socio-economical concerns.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone.
A Year in 20 Photographs 15/20 – At home with my dog
I love my job. I get to travel around Europe, meet amazing people and make new friends along the way.
However, without sounding like the Grinch, there is a downside. I spend a lot of time away from home. It averages about 120 nights in hotels each year, which accumulated over the last fifteen years of guiding adds up to approximately 5 years working away from home. I often comment now that, a holiday for me is spending time at home. It is a time when I get to recharge my batteries and prepare for a forthcoming season of guiding.
I have always loved winter and Christmas, but now even more so. It means I get time to spend with my family and importantly be at home with my dog.
People often laugh when I tell them I miss my dog when I am away working. It seems inferred that I don’t miss my family. Fortunately, I can keep in touch with my family daily, so the absence is felt less keenly. When my dog lies in her bed watching me pack a suitcase she looks morose. I can only imagine that she is thinking “That human that takes me for all the walks is away again - for how long? I don’t know.”
So for me, winter is a time of catching up with all those missed walks in the woods and mountains local to us. I couldn’t pick, just one photo to choose for today, so I have shared several from hikes and walks with my dog over the last few weeks.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Have a great and peaceful day.
Scot

24/12/2024

Rebecca Romero

A Year in 20 Photographs 14/20 – Riding and chatting with Olympian Rebecca Romero

Part of my job as a chaperone on the many events I work on is to keep the area around the celebrity rider safe. As we ride we have a full support convoy around us, including motorcycle out-riders, the medic car behind, and a tracking car in front of us with a TV camera facing our direction.
That protective bubble around us is there for safety, and to allow filming. We often get a lot of other cyclists wanting to join us on the road and meet the celebrity. Unfortunately, we need to maintain that bubble as clean as possible, so I often have to ask the cyclists to say a quick “hello”, and then carry on through.
When riding with Paddy McGuinness this year we were heading out of Wrexham when this cyclist rode alongside us. She said she wanted to say hello, then she would keep going. I instantly recognised her as Gold medal-winning track cyclist, Rebecca Romero. I wasn’t going to let her escape with just a “hello”. So I introduced her to Paddy and we had a chat. Her appearance was unplanned, but a wonderful surprise. She was out commuting on her bike and happened to see us ahead, so she decided to catch us.
Rebecca Romero was the first British woman ever to compete in two different sports at the Olympic Games. In her first sport, rowing she won a silver medal at Athens in 2004, and then in 2008 she won Gold in the Individual Pursuit track race at the Beijing Olympics. In winning the gold, she also became the second woman of any country to win a medal in two sports at the Summer Games.
She started cycling, just at the start of the Golden Age of British Cycling that was about to explode. At the Beijing Olympics, Team GB dominated the cycling events winning 8 Gold; 4 Silver, and 2 Bronze medals - including the stunning Gold win that Nicole Cooke took in the pouring rain at the Women’s Road Race. I remember watching it all and marveling at all these riders and knowing that the likes of Rebecca Romero, Nicole Cooke, Victoria Pendleton, Joanna Rowsell, et al, would become household names and inspirations for thousands of cyclists across the UK.
I knew I would be riding with Sir Chris Hoy later that week, so the surprise of riding with another Olympian was the icing on the cake.

23/12/2024

Paddy McGuinness and a Raleigh Chopper
A Year in 20 Photographs 13/20 – BBC Children in Need 2024
I first learned about Paddy McGuinness wanting to ride a Raleigh Chopper to raise money for BBC Children in Need in July 2024. I was asked to travel down to Nottingham to pick up a chopper and then ride it, to test the feasibility of riding it for any distance. One strained back and a lengthy report later and I surmised it was possible, but any attempt would be filled with caveats.
Roll on November and I found myself outside Wrexham FC stadium waiting for Paddy to cycle out on his epic challenge riding a Chopper from Wales to Glasgow in five days.
The documentary that was made about the event captured our faltering start. Paddy pedalled out of the stadium, live on Radio 2 chatting with Zoe Ball. Immediately I got communications in my earpiece that he didn't have a helmet on. As he emerged through the gates I rode alongside him and stopped the convoy. I didn’t realise this was being filmed, and that I would embarrassingly feature in the documentary.
Paddy succeeded in his challenge, raising an incredible total of £10 million. The route was packed with thousands of supporters for Paddy. It all became quite emotional and overwhelming, but he was determined to engage with everyone along the journey. We also had some amazing surprises: riding with Olympic Gold medalists, Rebecca Romero and Sir Chris Hoy; riding with Giant from Gladiators, resplendent in his Lycra leotard that left nothing to the imagination; 80s and 90s chart toppers Black Lace and Chesney Hawkes performing; and Sir Tom Hunter donating a huge amount of money.
There were so many standout moments. Riding up Shap, through the mist to cycling into Glasgow with streets lined with thousands of people cheering Paddy on. It is difficult to choose one image. The key to the challenge was Paddy and his Raleigh Chopper, Patch. So the image I’ve chosen was when we met hundreds of other Chopper riders and rode in convoy along Blackpool esplanade.

22/12/2024

Mollie King
A Year in 20 Photographs 12/20 – BBC Comic Relief March 2024

As a proud member of Generation X, (not Billy Idol’s first band of the same name) I can say with certainty, it has been a long time since I have been a Radio 1 listener. So when I was asked to be part of the team supporting Radio 1 DJ, Mollie King on a charity cycle for BBC Comic Relief I had to do some Google research to find out who I would be riding with.
I now know that Mollie was a member of The Saturdays; a semi-finalist on Strictly Come Dancing, and has been a Radio 1 presenter since 2018. As the week progressed, I also discovered that she raced for Great Britain as one of the youngest team members in the British Ski Academy.
I also learned that she is an incredibly lovely person; kind, generous, and down-to-earth. You would be forgiven, after seeing her list of accomplishments in her career that she would be flush with confidence.
I first met Molly as she pedalled out of BBC Broadcasting House in London. She crossed the start line of her 500km, five-day Pedal Power Challenge and I rode alongside her and introduced myself. As we talked, she told me she would be delighted to reach a total of £10000. She was wildly underestimating her target and by the end of the challenge she had raised an incredible £1.3m.
Over the coming week, we chatted a lot. It was clear that her lack of confidence in her abilities was also a contributing factor to her humility and fantastic personality. She went out of her way each day to engage with the public supporting her and to thank the team behind her challenge - the amazing Behind the Scenes team directed by Paul Collin. Throughout the week, even during the toughest moments of her ride, she always had a smile.
It is always an honour to be part of the team supporting these events, but they are always tough: 4 am alarms; thirteen-hour days in the saddle; wet and cold weather… Being part of a great team always makes this easier and riding with someone as kind and genuine as Mollie King makes it a pleasure.

21/12/2024

Mont Ventoux

A Year in 20 Photographs – Cycling on Mont Ventoux
Mont Ventoux in Provence is one of my favourites mountains I guide on. I have ridden numerous times from base to summit on all three sides. Many ascents have been in the dark, arriving at the top just as the sun rose behind the Alps.
My first ever visit to Mont Ventoux was when I worked on a trip with a colleague and friend Merv. Sadly that trip was the last ever trip I would do with Merv as he passed away early the following year. That first year on Ventoux was when I made my first sunrise ride to the summit and every year I have worked there since I have made a pilgrimage to the top and had a moment remembering Merv as the sun has risen.

Mont Ventoux is also one of those mountains that just seems incessantly photogenic. And so it was again in 2024. One of the riders on that trip has been on numerous other trips with me and we have become good friends over the years. He also seems to be in the right place at the right time for a photo opportunity. So much so that my colleague on that trip joked that the rider was like a photogenic muse to me. I had taken one photo of him in 2023 on the Coul du Tourmalet (see below). That day, I had taken numerous other pictures of riders. None of them had turned out the way I wanted them, but then I got this final shot.
Again in 2024, he was in the right place and I managed to get several great shots of him on his ride up to the summit of Mont Ventoux from Malaucène. The light was perfect, the road was quiet and as he emerged through the mist and cloud I took the shot. I didn't think I'd managed to get anything special until I checked later and realised I'd got a great photo. I'll be back on Mont Ventoux with more riders and looking forward to another sunrise ride and more great photo opportunities.

21/12/2024

Why do cyclists want to climb mountains?

A Year in 20 Photographs – 10/20 Getting to the top of a climb
Today’s contribution is two photos from the Hebridean Island Hopper riders after cycling to the top of the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye and the top of the climb from Kylerhea ferry, again on Skye.

Part of the fun (quite a big part to be truthful) of riding a bike is going downhill, but cycling is an activity that demands payment in effort and sweat before it relinquishes the pleasures of gravity. There are of course ways to cheat the burden of gradient by getting a vehicle to take you to the top, but then as my teachers at school were very fond of saying “You would only be cheating yourself”.
Being over six feet tall and not the lightest of cyclists I often feel that my due payment to the uphill climbs can be a little bit on the expensive side – smaller and lighter riders may exert the same power through the pedals as I do, but their diminutive stature dictates a power to weight ratio that means they will get to the summit quicker than I do (fortunately my extra ballast usually means I can catch them again on the way down the other side.) Despite the effort involved, the general masochistic nature of a cyclist means they generally enjoy the suffering of going up climbs on their bike – why else would they spend so much money on going on cycling holidays to mountainous areas.

Everyone has their own reason for why they ride a bike, be it fitness, or to travel and see the world from a different perspective, perhaps just for purely utilitarian reasons and often above all because it is great fun; maybe the effort that it takes to ride a bike, especially uphill makes these reasons more appreciable. In my lifetime of uphill efforts on a bike I have never really worked out why I find so much enjoyment in suffering on a climb.
Perhaps it is better not to question the why and just enjoy the activity.
In the reputed words of the mountaineer George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest he replied with the infamous retort of “Because it’s there”

20/12/2024

Why do cyclists want to climb mountains?
A Year in 20 Photographs
10/20 Getting to the top of a climb

Today’s photo is actually two from the Hebridean Island Hopper riders getting to the top of the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye and from the Kylerhea ferry, again on Skye.

Part of the fun (quite a big part to be truthful) of riding a bike is going downhill, but cycling is an activity that demands payment in effort and sweat before it relinquishes the pleasures of gravity. There are of course ways to cheat the burden of gradient by getting a vehicle to take you to the top, but then as my teachers at school were very fond of saying “You would only be cheating yourself”.
Being over six feet tall and not the lightest of cyclists I often feel that my due payment to the uphill climbs can be a little bit on the expensive side – smaller and lighter riders may exert the same power through the pedals as I do, but their diminutive stature dictates a power to weight ratio that means they will get to the summit quicker than I do (fortunately my extra ballast usually means I can catch them again on the way down the other side.) Despite the effort involved, the general masochistic nature of a cyclist means they generally enjoy the suffering of going up climbs on their bike – why else would they spend so much money on going on cycling holidays to mountainous areas.

Everyone has their own reason for why they ride a bike, be it fitness, or to travel and see the world from a different perspective, perhaps just for purely utilitarian reasons and often above all because it is great fun; maybe the effort that it takes to ride a bike, especially uphill makes these reasons more appreciable. In my lifetime of uphill efforts on a bike I have never really worked out why I find so much enjoyment in suffering on a climb.
Perhaps it is better not to question the why and just enjoy the activity.
In the reputed words of the mountaineer George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest he replied with the infamous retort of "Because it's there”

19/12/2024

A journey through time on the Hebridean Way
A Year in 20 Photographs
9/20 Phone box in the Outer Hebrides

Often, I tell people that the Outer Hebrides are unlike anywhere else in the UK or even the world and that travelling through them is a journey.
There are many similarities, such as a phone box, but these urban familiarities often appear incongruous in these windswept, wild islands.
Cycling on the Hebridean Way is a journey through a landscape where humans have had a clear impact.
For thousands of years, people have built dwellings, raised families, farmed, lived, and died on these islands.
The markers are there to be seen, from the scarring on a hillside from peat-cutting to abandoned and ruined crofts; to the standing stones at Callanish and the chambered burial cairn at Barpa Langais.
All these monuments to human survival on the edge of Europe tell a story of how people have interacted, travelled, and survived through the millennia on the chain of islands.
What makes the Outer Hebrides different from other places is, that even for the oldest of these marks that we have left on the landscape, they still seem fleeting. They convey the fragility of who we are. Nature is there, waiting patiently to claim it all back for herself.
In a world where it is almost impossible to switch off, the Outer Hebrides feel like one of the last bastions of wilderness. One where you are reminded of the true power and indifference of nature towards humanity.
Travelling along the Hebridean Way by bike is one of the best ways to experience this.
It is what I mean by a journey.
Not just getting from point A to point B, but a passage through millennia of humankind and the force of our environment.

18/12/2024

Amanda Holden’s Big Ride to Work

A Year in 20 Photographs
8/20 Amanda Holden takes on a five-day charity cycling challenge for Global Radio Make Some Noise

I took this photo in Richmond Park on the fifth and final day of Amanda Holden on her Big Ride to Work. We had ridden from Bude in Cornwall and finished at the Global Radio HQ in Leicester Square, London.

The ride through Richmond Park was a highlight of the week. These events are supported by an amazing team working behind the scenes. We have a safety convoy around us when we are on the road. This moment in Richmond Park was around 6:45 am before the gates opened and traffic was allowed into the park. It meant that Amanda, her Global Radio show producer, and I cycled through the park alone. The sun was coming up, the red deer were out and a low-lying mist added a fantastic atmosphere to the scene. We stopped halfway through the park to soak up the peace before entering central London’s noise and chaos.

I am always nervous before meeting and cycling with celebrities at these events, not knowing how the person will be. I always try to approach these events without preconceptions and often don’t even know who the celebrity is. However, Amanda Holden has always attracted a lot of media attention, usually from the outlets that are more interested in click-bait and gossip, meaning a lot of it can be negative. It was difficult not to start forming thoughts about what her personality might be like. I am delighted to set the record straight that Amanda was extremely friendly, down-to-earth, and an absolute delight to cycle with each day.
It is clear that the media – and by that I mean all forms of it including broadcast, print, electronic, and social, will portray women differently from their male counterparts. Men in the public eye can often be bolshy and forthright. This attitude is accepted and as we know has now led to a lot of men rightly being called out for their behaviour. When women have stood up for themselves or tried to get on an even footing with men they are usually portrayed as ‘divas’ or worse. Misogyny is pervasive throughout society. It is good to see these attitudes are changing, although too slowly.

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Bookings for our Hebridean Way and Hebridean Island Hopper trips are now open. The cycle route along the Hebridean Way runs for 186 miles over a chain of 10 islands. Each island has its own distinct character and cycling from island to island is the best way to fully experience their unique culture and atmosphere. From the saddle, you will get a chance to smell the salty Atlantic air and immerse yourself in the wild and ancient landscapes. At Skinny Tyres, we pride ourselves on providing unrivaled cycling holidays in Scotland. We will support you along the way as you ride over mountains, through deep glens and forests, and out to the wild and untamed Outer Hebrides and islands on the west coast of Scotland. We have been providing cycling trips that exceed expectations since 2009. We have the experience and ability to make your dream holiday a reality. Our unique approach to running a cycling holiday with our fully customised van and expert team of guides means you can be confident that we will ensure every detail of your trip is planned. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with an amazing cycling holiday. Music "The Causeway" is Kindly provided by @Cala.band

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Day 2 of our Hebridean Island Hopper and we’re on the Isle of Skye today

Day 4 of riding with Mollie King and the @_behindts team who have all done an amazing job to support her to this point. One more day to go 💪

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