Video: Laugavegur
Slowly, slowly, I’m starting to get the time and bandwidth to actually do something with all the video and photos we brought back from Iceland. This is a short film that I put together last week with footage from the Laugavegur trail, a hiking trail that links the steam-wreathed volcanic hills Landmannalaugar with the southern ice glaciers of Myrdalsjökull and Eyjafjallajökull. We rode it as … Continue reading Video: Laugavegur
Iceland: South Coast and Eastern Fjords
Iceland: The South Coast and Eastern Fjords As we descended through thick cloud, sleepy and dry-throated from the flight, I found myself suddenly very much awake, staring childlike through the tiny EasyJet regulation cabin window, certain that any moment now the plane would break through a misty ceiling and a panoramic view of Iceland would be spread before me to replace the present soggy greyness. … Continue reading Iceland: South Coast and Eastern Fjords
Bikepacking at the edge of the ocean
There’s something exciting about Scotland’s islands. A place that stands alone, separated by the sea from the rest of Britain, and jutting even further out into the sea fog and wind on the north-western frontier of Europe, must by definition contain adventure; it just makes sense. The Outer Hebrides must be the most adventurous of the lot then, standing aloof from Scotland and usually shrouded … Continue reading Bikepacking at the edge of the ocean
Alpenzaft and the Conville Trust
So far summer has been here, there and everywhere, sometimes even with a shower or a night indoors sneaked into the gaps, and only the odd moment of access to the internet and all the other things that don’t come included with life in a van. On the whole, it’s been pretty pleasant! Rounding out May and kicking off the summer was the much-anticipated EWS … Continue reading Alpenzaft and the Conville Trust
Video: Red Travellin’ Socks
Look at a map, make some sammiches, set off on your bike and who knows where you’ll end up? Maybe there’ll be some company! Or maybe you’ll just fall in a bog, although such details are irrelevant… Thanks to Andy at Backcountrybiking for providiing the Revelate Designs kit, and Annie for standing in the middle of a river to get those ‘authentic’ shots. Continue reading Video: Red Travellin’ Socks
Welcome back to scenicpees.com
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After a bit of a hiatus, scenicpees.com is once again purveying pictures of pees in perfect places. ? Please submit any scenic pees you have using the Contact Us form below. ? For now, here’s Harry and his moustache off Sail in the Lake District. ? Harry, Sail, Lake District, November 2013 ? If you fancy donating £2 to join team scenicpees.com… Continue reading Welcome back to scenicpees.com
A night in the woods
There is an unwritten rule that a new tent must be christened, bedded in, or however else you might choose to describe it. At this point I have to confess a sin- having bought a new tent several weeks ago as part of the preparations for going to Iceland for a month in August, me and Annie have unforgivably neglected to pop it up on … Continue reading A night in the woods
Scottish Enduro Series Rd 2 – Innerleithen
After the stormy start to the season at Nevis Range six weeks ago, the Poc Scottish Enduro Series travelled south at the weekend to the established venue of Innerleithen, home of long, physical stages and a local scene full of quick riders. With round 1 winner Joe Barnes only here for Saturday practice before leaving for Chile and the EWS opener, the series lead was … Continue reading Scottish Enduro Series Rd 2 – Innerleithen
To the sea!
I love camping trips – a few nights under canvas and you feel as though you barely recognise normality when you get back. A routine dictated by the hours of sunlight rather than by work or a television schedule makes you earn your sleep, and an early night is rarely unwelcome. With that in mind, and having finally gotten the chance to test a full … Continue reading To the sea!
Schneebiking
I’ve waited all bloody winter for the conditions to be right for a crack at snowbiking, and at last this week there was a perfect forecast! Glenmore Lodge is the perfect place from which to watch the corries and to strike out for the hills, so I rode up the old ski road to the carpark, past the confused looking lifties and up the climber’s … Continue reading Schneebiking
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