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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This Sunday saw the first “away day” of 2023. Six Knights met up at the village of Hovingham in the Rydale district of North Yorkshire for a forty mile loop around the Howardian Hills. The participants were greeted with bright sunshine and light winds from the south-south-east. The first leg of the loop took the […]
ContinueOur Easter Sunday ride turned out to be quite the adventure for our gang of gallant riders. Led by our imaginative Route Master Michael, stepping into the breach in place of our intrepid leader. The group consisted of Michael, Puggy, Paul, Andy, Zog, James, Iain and rare appearance of Brian in summer shorts despite the […]
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