We had a swim booked at the Cotswold water park and we thought we would try out our new tent, we stayed at an amazing campsite near the Uffington white horse
We went for a walk which was beautiful but I managed to pull a muscle or something in my left leg.
We had our Holiday one week in Pembrokeshire we started near St Davids this picture was our second campsite, our first campsite we had been in dog poo corner. I had also managed to forget our table, my running shoes and bike shoes although I did have my bike shoe covers.
We went for a bike ride, I did manage to buy some trainers. The weather was fine in the morning but the weather worsened and in the evening the wind was so strong we had to move the tent again. We also had a boat trip cancelled due to the weather, we tried to stay positive and moved onto further up the coast to Cardigan but the weather was terrible so we decided to stay in a B&B it looked good on the website but we payed £60 and it was terrible, but it was clean, worst of all the evening turned out quite nice so we could have camped,
Thenext day we decided to cut our losses and headed to Brecon where we camped and went for a bike ride before heading home to sort our selves out for our cycle trip the Outer Hebrides
Jo and I Twyford station setting on our adventure.
Our bikes were put on a trailer at Inverness and we were driven to Ullapool.
On the ferry from Inverness to Ullapool
The first ride we had to do was from Stornoway upto the top of Lewis and then start to make our journey from the Northern point of the Outer Hebrides to the southern point.
Our first campsite, the weather started well but got worse as the day went on
The standing stones of Callanish on the Isle Lewis. This is were we talked to a couple of bus drivers about where we might be able to but some food and were told every thing would be shut as it was Sunday.
We cycled on but needed food, we ended up knocking on A local house and asking if they could spare any food. We were very lucky and met a very nice lady who gave us a loaf of bread (frozen) Ham, cheeses, coleslaw and biscuits. We could not believe how generous she was and she would not take any money. The other issue we were having was that we were cycling into the wind constantly which was very tiring. We had to use the bus shelters to shelter from the wind and have several stops while the bread defrosted. The weather also got much worse and ended up being dangerous because of the strength of the wind. It also started to rain so we could not make our planned destination and ended up in a hotel in Tarbet which was £100 a night but was well worth it and was just what we needed.
The morning after the storm
We did not camp here.
Our bikes on the ferry from Leverburgh to Berneray
We stayed on a campsite that was on a RSPB reserve and went for a walk in the morning.
The hostel that we stayed.
Barra beach airport baggage carousel
The closest we got to swimming the water was very cold.
The view from my sleeping bag.
Our last camp site. It was amazing
On our final day it was the first time we could cycle with just our t-shirts.
This picture was taken when we were in Oban before we got our train home. We had really enjoyed our time but it was much harder than we thought, cycling into the wind constantly was really hard. The scenery was amazing even though we did have as the Scots would say 'dreek' weather. Jo and I both love the west coast of Scotland and will definitely be back.
