The Round The Bend Tour 2007
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Jim passes comment at Ardnamurchan Point Lighthouse

The Lighthouse itself - can you spot the bikes? Mainland UK's most westerly point.

Jim at the Lighthouse

Alan at Ardnamurchan Lighthouse

Richard at the Lighthouse

The view at the top of Applecross Drover's Road (looking West). The highest road in the UK (discuss)

The same view at the top of Applecross Drover's Road (looking West)

Alan at Bealach na Ba. We call it Applecross 'cos we're Lowlanders

"In ... 10 feet .... enter Durness ....bleep" UK's Top Left Corner.

A small detour to the Caribbean was scheduled in straight after Durness

Dunnet Head. The Most Northerly Point on Mainland UK

Alan got as far north as you can as well but he got a mouse to take his photo

John O' Groats, Uk's Top Right Corner and 3rd tackiest Landmark.

This is an amazingly clean fazer at John O'Groats. The rider is filthy, mind you

Peterhead Harbour and Fishmarket. Scotland's most easterly point. No tourist traps here, just harr and stink

See, there's the sea

The GPS readings at the end of day 1

'scuse me mate, can you take a photo of Oor Wullie and a Teletubby

Most northerly point in England - Nice!

Alan's not an Anglophile then?

The GPS readings at the end of day 2

The GPS readings at the end of day 2

Lowestoft - under construction, clearly. UK's most easterly point dontcherknow

Overlooking Dover docks, our bottom right corner.

That be Dover Castle. It's not mine but it should be!

See, it's me, a Dover in Dover

The GPS readings at the end of day 3

The GPS readings at the end of day 3

Arriving a Lizard Point

Lizard Point car park

Alan and Richard adn Lizard Point, the UK mainland's most southerly point. Worth it just for the cream tea.

Can't you read?

Land's End. The UK's bottom left corner adn 2nd most tacky landmark.

Whaurs Jim?

The GPS readings at the end of day 4

The GPS readings at the end of day 4

Barry Promenade. Wales' most southerly point

St Justinian's nr St David's, Wales' most westerly point. It's an RNLI station

Water, boats and coast. That's lovely, see!

Complete with old people to get in the way.

The GPS readings at the end of day 5

Say it, go on, I dare you

Point of Ayr, Prestatyn, Wales most northerly point

The GPS readings at the end of day 6

The GPS readings at the end of day 6

We're about to go off for the last day and are TIRED. It's Annan BTW

Scotland's most southerly point. Beautiful and has a nice tearoom.

We made it! George Square, Glasgow.

The GPS readings at George Sq, Glasgow

It's me again. I'm not as fat as that in real life.

The GPS readings at the end of day 7

The GPS readings at the end of day 7

Not hungry any more

Riding 1000 miles in 20 hours shrinks your neck

the only mechanical failure

I went off road I did.

 

Poseurs!

I've got half a beard, me!

I may have a whole beard, but only half a head of hair

We look better with our skid lids on!

If we weren't here the bikes would fall over

on yer marks

get set

GO!

Applecross Drover's Road April 2005

Summer Isles Apr 05

Dunnet Head a short time later

See, I told you I could do it

A wee stop in the bleaker part of Ardnamurchan

ALIENS HAVE LANDED!

more pics of the aliens!

A dreich Saturday at Ardnamurchan Point - next stop Newfoundland, Eh?

 

From the 'Southside Extra', Glasgow Fri 19th Jan 2007

OK, so I'm not 40, yet,  I'm not a pharmacist and we don't have a 'green' message but otherwise its a good article.

 

 

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