Highstronaught

I hope this is the right bit of Canada

AFAIK you can host without paying, you just need an account? If not I can send you a screenshot of a city if you say which one?

I think this might be what they are talking about. Brilliant video, the story just builds and builds and builds. https://youtu.be/K4yCXIZ32lk

Are there other gasses that could be used. E.g some of the noble gasses like argon or neon?

A thing to look at would be eurorail/interrail tickets you can get internal ones for cheap but not sure if available for the UK.

A few years ago the same thing happened to me. There was someone who wasn’t doing to good, on top of the station building on the next stop along throwing tiles and other things off. The operator got some replacement busses, that I couldn’t get as I had my bike. So I just sat there with someone else who could get on as they had their dog. For about 4-5 hours. Sucked allot as I was tired, the dog was cute though.

Would guess they are trying to puncture whatever keeps the pontoons afloat. I know nothing about the bridge pontoons though, but seen plenty of helicopters with lots of holes in them

I really hope in the next few years we see a revolution in short distance transport. Most journeys are less than 3 miles (if I remember correctly, could be 5) a perfect distance for e-bikes, e-scooters and normal acoustic bikes. Hopefully at least some places capitalise on it

We tried to always carry a spare meal for the evening, even if we didn’t plan to eat it. Mostly used pre cooked curry’s that were in bags which we could just heat up, saved us on more than one night.

I think we share the same regret as you, not having planned in enough time to see the things we didn’t know about, like small town you pass through or castles you didn’t know existed.

I think the next trip will be north, round the Highlands a bit and up to Thurso. Planning it for a much slower pace so we can take time to see things and because of the hills.

My gears were making some weird noises for about 10 miles before. They were cheap metal ones, some better plastic ones with bushings rather than bearings would be more reliable. I ended up replacing the jockey wheels on the hardrock aswell as they were so worn the chan was rubbing on the cage. No sure I would bother carrying some though. They are basically standard across all rear mechs for the last 30 years so every bike shop will have the right ones. You can also bodge them easily if they break.

As for Scotland, the weather can sometimes be brilliant, it can also be terrible and is very hard to predict. You just have to plan in the extra time if it’s too bad to ride that day and always have a backup/escape route if things go south. The miggies can be a problem although some good quality bug spray, combined with avoiding dusk and dawn outside, some long sleeved clothes and a net for if it’s really bad, it won’t be an issue