🎶You tak’ the long road and I’ll tak’ the short road, and I’ll be in Farmshop afore ye🎶. Fresh back from his exploits at “training camp” and hedging his bets Raymond announced two different route options. One short and one a bit longer to his favourite cafe stop. “We’ll decide who wants to go which […]
ContinueThe 2023 season is still young but many Knights have been out and “nailed their colours to the mast” in a bid to be “crowned” champion. In the battle for Stoneknowle Hill we have Colin setting the early benchmark with a time 6:18 beating Iain and Pugwash into 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the “Charge […]
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The old adage “it’s hard to please everyone, so just please yourself” has never been more apt. According to Strava, at least 15 Knights took advantage of the clear blue skies and beautiful sunshine to venture out to a whole host of agreeable destinations, although just four hardy souls joined this month’s BK Away Day. […]
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The final day of cycling the Hebridean Way covering Stornoway to the Butt of Lewis
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Day 3 cycling the Hebridean Way covering Lochmaddy to Stornoway
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Daliburgh to Lochmaddy Today was the first big challenge for our band of adventurers with a 64 mile ride including 2030ft of climbing from South to North Uist. Luckily the wind had now “backed” to south-south-east so would mostly be assisting us. Unluckily it was rather ‘driech’ as they say in Scotland with grey skies […]
ContinueEriskay to Daliburgh The ferry trip from Barra took only 40 minutes. The “clansmen” made landfall on the island of Eriskay following in the footsteps of bonnie prince Charlie who landed here in 1745. Eriskay is also famous for being the original Whisky Galore Island when in 1941 the SS Politician ran aground with a […]
ContinuePart 1 – Vatersay to Ardmore The day dawned with grey skies and a cool moderate breeze from the East. First objective was to reach the official start of the Hebridean Way towards the southern end of Vatersay Island. This was easier said than done as the locals had strong defences in place. Before we’d […]
ContinueThe Gathering of the Clans The clarion call went out from the ‘Great Highland Chieftain’ “Is there anyone out there tough enough to take on the challenge of the Hebridean Way?” Rising to the throw of the gauntlet, the ‘clans’ came from far and wide to ‘set up camp’ with the ‘Southern contingent’ at the […]
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“Ladies and gentlemen, roll up, roll up for the inaugural ‘Formula 1¾’ to be held at the Brands Hatch circuit to Hornsea!” cried Matt. When the ‘competitors’ gathered on the start grid at Market Cross, questions began to be raised. “Doesn’t he mean Brandesburton?” asked one brave soul. “I’m sure it was a deliberate mistake” […]
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