Finally, after months of careful planning, and plenty of anticipation, we met at Mike’s home ready to set off to the Outer Hebrides. The first part of our journey was to travel up to Glasgow. Once in Glasgow, we cycled across town and found somewhere for lunch. This was at The Wild Olive Tree. which is located within St Georges Tron on Buchanon Street. It was mid-afternoon and they had run out of most food. That said, what we ate…
Below you will find our Hebridean Way Itinerary. In spring 2022 a team of four adventurous cyclists – Andy P, Andy S, Sarah and Mike – will set off on this island-hopping cycling tour. The Hebridean Way is a 184-mile on-road route (or 224 miles when including cycling to the start from Castlebay and then to Stornoway after the finish), through the remote and spectacular islands of the Outer Hebrides. Ten islands, six causeways, two ferries (not including the ones…
E2E Day 18 was a continuation of our Scotland experience. – more glorious weather and more stunning scenery. Today was a relatively relaxing day. We caught the 11.00am ferry for the Isle of Lismore. Then cycled along the one road across the island to the far end. The ferry runs hourly but not over lunch time. So we had a two hour lunch break soaking up the sun on the jetty. Glorious! After that it was back on the mainland for…
E2E Day 17. Today was the first day of cycling with the extra 5 riders. It was a long ride of 63 miles, made harder because of the heat and at times the head winds. We started by taking the little ferry from Lochranza to Claonaig, then the cycling started. At the top of the first hill we stopped to take a picture. Andy P took his phone out of his jersey pocket and something fluttered away in the wind….
