The love of the journey Car drivers are often too keen to reach their destination. So much so that the aim is getting to the end of the drive rather than the journey. Sure, that isn’t always the case but these are the day trippers, the caravans and the motorhomes. Let’s not go there. It […]
Read More Three Valleys in WalesDestination Snowdonia It’s been well over a month since I returned from the North Coast 500 and other than the occasional short run there has been nothing worthy of a planned route. With the unprecedented weather giving us an actual summer, it has given me the luxury of being able to plan for a ride […]
Read More Day trip planning in SnowdoniaAt the end of my previous post I gave you a link to download my routes. There were a number of options, notably the route that took us off the A9 and gave us a much better run through the Cairngorms. I had used MyRoute-app to create the initial routes before passing them through Garmin […]
Read More North Coast 500 Track logs on MyRoute-appWith all the planning for the North Coast 500 trip you’d think that I would be relaxed about my preparations. With four days to go its not until I ride off the drive that I’ll truly say that’s it, I’m done. Planning complete I couldn’t have done more. I’ve researched the NC500 routes with the help […]
Read More Final preparations for the NC500With 19 days left to go I thought it would be appropriate to post an update as to how the route planning was going. The truth is that the planning was pretty much done at the time that I booked the accommodation. Sure there are a few variables and side trips but how much planning […]
Read More Route planning update. Nav 5, MyRouteApp and Basecamp.After an initial flurry of activity to get something down on paper, I’ve since not touched the itinerary, although the trip has always been in the back of my mind. I’m hooked into various sources of information and Facebook groups and I see the occasional reference. I pay it fleeting consideration as to how it […]
Read More North Coast 500 countdown – 66 days to go