Just had a great 6 days fat biking the Outer Hebrides from south Uist heading north to Lewis. A truly magical place where I was blessed with some fine weather and no midges!

Some pics with a video coming soon......

Lovely up there isn't it?

That looks pretty damn amazing. And I thought Claerwen was remote and awe-inspiring. <Humble-mode>

Nice.

We're up again in a couple of weeks. camping at Balranald.

Cheers guys, it was pretty special. I was blessed with the weather for sure!

Love the look and situation of that Bothy. Must make a trip up there some day.

Ian wrote:Love the look and situation of that Bothy. Must make a trip up there some day.

Same here, you were lucky to get the best week of the year in Scotland there Jeff

Ian wrote:Love the look and situation of that Bothy. Must make a trip up there some day.

Surprised that you've not been out there Ian. I've not been to the bothy, it's a memorial to a couple's daughter who died in Afghanistan. Not many touring options on the Uists and Benbecula other than the (single) road or the beach/machair. There's also a great independent hostel on Berneray.

You need to get there guys, a truly remarkable place.

They actually started to build it over 20 years ago. There's some information in the bothy about the Linda Norgrove Foundation they set up after their daughter was tragically killed during a rescue attempt in Afghanistan (5 years ago).
Here's a couple of pics from the 'visitors box'.

VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJQIjN0LCCw

Very, very nice. Made me want to go. What's the bothy called?

Ray Young wrote:Very, very nice. Made me want to go. What's the bothy called?

There's enough clues in the thread (M*******a)

whitestone wrote:

Ray Young wrote:Very, very nice. Made me want to go. What's the bothy called?

There's enough clues in the thread (M*******a)

After watching Alastair Humphrey's Bothy video last year I was determined to get there. It took a fair bit of surfing the net to find it...........

summittoppler wrote:

whitestone wrote:

Ray Young wrote:Very, very nice. Made me want to go. What's the bothy called?

There's enough clues in the thread (M*******a)

After watching Alastair Humphrey's Bothy video last year I was determined to get there. It took a fair bit of surfing the net to find it...........

, guess I'll just have to read it again .

great ride Jeff

Absolutely gorgeous, Jeff. Video was great and I see you brought the wine with you.

Cheers guys, there's always room for wine

summittoppler wrote:Cheers guys, there's always room for wine

but when the wine runs out...



(c) John

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