Train

Still on the train. Getting snowy. 'A frozen hell hole of a place'
according to Phil

Inverness bound

You'll be pleased to know I made connection. Ran across station
bumping people out of the way and made it with a huge 30 seconds to
spare. Now relaxed on train looking out over beautiful Scottish hills.

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The Journey

Great start. Just seen Phil in Newcastle, they wouldn't let me on his
train. Mine running 20 mins late so there is a very good chance I'll
miss connection to Inverness. Then I'll be buggered!

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The Start

Made it to station. Bit wobbly with all this weight. Sure I'll get
used to it by Wednesday!!

Prep

I'm thinking about being ready!!

In Preparation...

...for the additional Winter trip this year, I have been doing a lot of cycling over the last couple of weeks and today I went out on the fully loaded bike which I will be using to cycle from Inverness to Perth next weekend.



And here is some great stuff I found for keeping sunglasses fog free even on the coldest days with warm balaclava breath being sent directly onto the lenses. Doesn't sound great, but does seem to work!

Broken bike

Went for a ride wth Jonathon and Dom. Cycled up to Bramhope to meet them, but lost all drive on the free hub on the way back down to Otley. So ditched the road bike and tagged along with the expedition bike (fat tyres still!).

Rode along to Ilkley, up the Middleton loop and back along the back road.

Good ride but much harder work to keep up!