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Price drop to £30
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Interesting the problems you had...I was there just a week or two before and barely had any bites to speak of. Figure the recent heatwave has been enough to bring them to life...
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The race typically falls after Paris-Roubaix so whilst fitting in the mould of the Spring Classics, falls outside what's typically considered the season...by that stage people's attentions have often switched to the Ardennes Classics and stage racing.
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The Gruber's have done a good photo essay on the race in the past https://www.yarak.cc/trobro
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Finnish film about BDSM...what more could you want...I enjoyed it anyway
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How hard would it to get this reported in the news media as an issue around further consolidation in the social media space? Facebook has been calling for regulation for quite some time and this is a clear example where regulations favour Facebooks position with its ability to pay and deploy regulations.
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Officially Glasgow is in lockdown and visiting is not encouraged (worried about spreading the Indian variant to other parts). Restaurants are open although closing earlier in the evenings and not serving alcohol.
Id made plans to pass through Glasgow some time ago as it was a chance to catch up with friend who had moved there last year and was self isolating before i arrived
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I got back from a couple of weeks in Scotland (Sunday sleeper 16th May to Inverness - returning Friday 28 May from Carlisle) which included a long weekend in Glasgow.
This gives a rough guide to the route of the first week. My Dad grew up in Invergordon hence my interest in heading up that way. Would otherwise have probably headed out straight south although heading west of Loch Ness meant possibly a more interesting/challenging route
https://www.komoot.com/tour/368298993?share_token=abcrccgs86kL7z0CjEiRYk2NNrqOSMbh8XUPTExJ4gOjTERhYo&ref=wtdThis gives a rough guide to the second week. Much less miles planned so a couple of side trips around the coast on the latter part of this section.
https://www.komoot.com/tour/363470546?share_token=aZt3E0TYFzFLu46gU3W2eKNghy7LCKFcR7dgg6sVtwLEox5mBO&ref=wtdWeather was wet but never got completely dunked on...generally found that as long as i was moving i could cope. Hardest part was the overnight when the temperatures seemed to plummet
Photos here - plenty relating to Glasgow/friends but you will get a feel for the landscape from those that are not.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dkL6LuTUJKT8Y7Fo9
Wild camping was amazing. Beautiful spots with the extra daylight meaning that if you didnt find somewhere initially, you just rode on till you found somewhere that hit the spot. Typically this involved views of lochs/sea.
Locals were extremely friendly and helpful and drivers were generally really courteous. Arriving back in London saw the need to quickly adjust to gladitorial traffic
As youll see from the photos, I rode with panniers and a tent on the front, small frame bag and a saddle bag on the rear. Route was mainly road, some gravel and a bit of walking track on the western side of Loch Ness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m-c4GixUpg