My apologies for the lack of updates to the site recently. I've been off the grid once again having cycled from Dumfries back home to Dunfermline, spending nights in bothies all the way home.
Five hard days without a shower. Five hard days cycling either long distances or dragging the bike over the kind of terrain where bikes don't belong. In short: the Southern Upland Way is no place to go with a mountain bike. All of the hardship was thoroughly enjoyable however, and I'm now kind of sad to be home.
For those interested, my route was Dumfries (town) - Burleywhag (bothy) - Kettleton Byre (bothy) - Brattleburn (bothy) - Moffat (town) - Over Phawhope (bothy) - Innerleithan (village) - Minch Moor (bothy) - Edinburgh (city) - Dunfermline (town). You'll have to figure out the locations yourself as it's an unwritten rule never to disclose bothy grid references.
The experience has given me more material for the book I'm writing, and I hope to be back on the road for two weeks in June to cover a route across the Highlands.
Meanwhile, I need some couch time.
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