Part Three – Edinburgh to John O Groats
As August turns into Winter, we’re off again… - After having finished the Lands End to London cycle we had decided that we really needed to do the Edinburgh… 
Who needs Sunshine - We're beginning to understand more about the Scots now weve been here a few days. Firstly, they don't dress for… 
Onward to Castlebay - Heading north from Tarbert we had two options, follow the minor road around the coast on 3 sides of a… 
Running on Gin…. - We set out on our first proper ride in the Hebrides on a brighter morning and began our island hopping… 
Flagged down by the Old Bill.. - Leaving Ullapool we joined the dreaded NC500 - the North Coast 500 - a touring route full of motorhomes, motorbikes… 
Where’s the station… - Getting home from JOG with a tandem isn't easy. Most cycle tourers head to the nearest station and hop on… 
The Last Leg - Ferry to Cromarty Top of hill overlooking Loch Ness No sign of Nessie! Castle Stalker The Jacobite Too scarey to… Part Two – Land’s End to Ipswich
Madness I tell you, Madness…. - They say Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results so why we have just… 
Bring on the hills! - We arrived in Penzance at 8am having both had a poor night's sleep. I have to stress this wasn't due… 
Have you got that the right way up? - I spend a lot of time planning our routes and we alway try to stay off the bigger roads, avoid… 
Tilly can’t cope… - Tilly has been making a decidedly unhealthy sounding clunks when we hit pot holes and bump up on kerbs. I'd… 
Uh oh…. - We left Bristol on the old Bath Railway, a gentle incline for 7km followed by a lovely roll down toward… Part One – Ipswich to Scotland
And we are off again… - With lockdown relaxed and travel allowed we packed Tilly up and headed off southwards to Scotland. I know, Scotland North,… 
The Cambridgeshire Alps - Day two started bright and sunny and we hurtled along BMW alley to get off the stretch as soon as… 
Heading North… - On our rest day we decided to cycle into Peterborough, sans Panniers which felt really strange as Tilly handles so… 
York - York Minster Someone's done the decent thing and put the Town out of their misery Entering Yorkshire from Lincolnshire for… 
County Durham - The hills had been performing a pincer movement ever since we left York trying to hem us in and force… 
Bonnie Scotland ???????????????????????????? - We crossed into Scotland having had yet another white van man moment where they come within a few inches of… Round the World! - As you will know we are hilll phobic so we changed our return route to Edinburgh to avoid the Kinross…
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