About 6 years ago a friend and I decided to do a cycle tour of the west coast of Scotland. By way of a training run we decided to cycle round the island of Arran, which is a distance of around 55/56 miles. We completed the trip in two days, stopping overnight in a place called Catacol Bay. We then set out on our trip up the west coast, mounting the bikes on the back of my car and heading off up to Newton on the shores of Loch Fine. After that we went to Oban, then Mull, Skye and finally Glencoe.
Okay, where is all this leading to? It was 6 years ago after all. Well... a few weeks ago I was chatting to one of my colleagues at work, Mauro, and he told me that he was doing a charity bike trip from Gothenburg in Sweden to Oslo in Norway. My first reaction was, "I wish I could do that..". Firstly, I love Scandanavia having been to Sweden a couple of times and also Denmark once. Secondly, it just sounded like an amazing thing to do. Anyway, he said to me some time later that one of the team had to pull out of the trip and would I like to take his place? Ohhh yesss!!! Of course, I had to run it past "she who must be obeyed" but I managed to bring her round. The preparation begins again. On Saturday Mauro, Tom (another one of the team) and I cycled from the SECC to Balloch, a distance of around 20 miles. Not exactly a marathon but not a bad start considering the distances we will be travelling over in Sweden and Norway. So, here we are again...
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