Wild camping by a remote Loch
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2022
- Join us for another bike packing adventure!! Our route took us to a remote loch in the heart of the Cairngorms, past lodges old & new, all tied together by a couple of the quieter glens that the Cairngorms has to offer.
Hike Bike Scotland Gear List: lighterpack.com/r/kqtar5
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*Music*
'Chasing day light' by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Adrift amongst infinite stars' by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Pads' by Liborio Conti - www.no-copyright-music.com/
'Affirmations' by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
The remoteness of Scotland is breathtaking, I was up there at the end of March doing the JOGLE and i think day 3 in the highlands I didn't see a single person on the NCN route all day!! Mountains to the left and right, just spectacular ;-)
Your vid has brought back the memories! many thanks
Roadypacking - couldn't agree more . We love the solitude.. well done on your JOGLE that's quite an achievement!! Very impressive!. Glad the video brought back a little of what you experienced.
Thanks I very much liked your video sorry about the rain. look forward to the next one
Thanks James!! I actually didn't mind cycling in the rain but the thought of hiding out in a tent with a bunch of wet clothes all evening wasn't too appealing. Still it was a successful trip regardless in my book!
Tour de scottland
Kudos
Amezing view from your eyes
Superb and marvolous
Thanks Abeda!! Definitely some cracking views and scenery in Scotland!!
I just became your 100th subscriber! Congrats!! Love the video, I'll check out your others.
Haha so you did Ed!! Thanks for helping us cross the milestone!! Hope you enjoy the other videos and new ones as they come!!
the joys of the scottish weather right there
Haha yeah and that's summer as well!!
love to hear about why you ride Fatbikes and what you pack?
Hi Angus, thanks for asking “Why fat bikes?” We like them for lots of reasons, but primarily because they are a good match for the type of riding we do off-road in Scotland. We like a slow pace so we can enjoy the scenery and we rarely cycle on roads. On downhill slopes it is less of a technical ride because the tyres easily ride over large or loose rocks. And on grass, bog or gravel the tyres are grippy and rarely spin out.
Our bikepacking gear varies with the seasons and the routes. We posted a general list of what we bring with us in this video description.
Thanks for watching!
Right.. managed to finish the vid (had to pause it around the 5min mark the other day). Really enjoyed it. You say something at one point about not seeing a soul all day. That was something I really became acutely aware of when I visited Scotland in 2011 (I think). Went on a walk with Charl and Dad and saw like maybe one person up on the hills all day long, it was really bizarre to me. Living over here in the Blue Mountains is gorgeous but it is incredibly busy and touristry, at least the WALKS are and the paths. Not many venture off right into the wilderness in these parts because it is like a jungle and you could get lost easily and of course we have a few dangerous fauna about. Such a contrasting difference to see your wild world to ours.
I don't understand how you can get so many wee lodges and stuff as well, like is the land private where they've built on or has someone made a deal with the farmer or parks to be able to make a lodge there, and how did they get all the materials up that way for a build! Fascinating stuff.
Keep up the good work, I really appreciate getting an insight into your world, I'd love to one day join you in one of these adventures :)
Essentially in Scotland we have a right to roam (horses, foot & bike - not cars etc) so you can essentially go where you want (there are reasonable restrictions around this of course) however right to roam is not the same as right to access - so a land owner must allow horses on their land for example but doesn't have to provide that access (appropriate gates etc) so thats the other side to that coin.... having said all that if the route/path is a designated historic path then the landowner must allow and provision the appropriate access (gates etc) but to me its not clear what this level of infrastructure needs to be (I assume it doesn't cover bridges for example as we have had to cross many rivers!!! - but there are a lot of bridges regardless). built on top of all that is the right to wild camp in Scotland so as long as the 'Scottish outdoor access code' is being adhered to then you can also camp where ever you want (with reasonable restrictions). The glens are a rich source of history with a lot of the various steading & lodgings going back many many years and of course the highland clearances cuts right across this. These buildings can be anything from a pile of stones to fully in use private housing or rentable - in fact we rented a small lodge/cottage in Glen tilt for 4 nights last year!! - The large landowner estates do maintain bridges/roads and access and pay for it out of their own pockets - they make their money from the hunting/stalking season (deer & grouse) so during hunting season you do need to be careful as the hills can also contain hunters & guns! - Its hard to get your head around how free the access law are in Scotland when your from somewhere a little more restricted... its taking Laura some getting used to as she keeps expecting us to get chased up a glen by some gun toting landowner 😂
@@hikebikescotland9121 lol, thanks for the explanations. I have to say... photographically it seems quite hard to find something of interest to shoot (but that's laziness on my part), but the attraction of such a degree of isolation from others is absolutely priceless (especially in todays over populated climate). I have seen a huge difference in population growth in our own wee town and national parks in the last decade. 2 Coffee houses multiplying to becoming 7 doesn't help! So its really nice to see these videos, looking forward to the next and tell Laura to say something xD
Parabéns pelo vídeo incrível 👏 um abraço aqui do Brasil
Muito obrigado!!
Do yous log your rides on strava or komoot? Geat videos 👍
Thecyclingguru my Strava is cluttered with road rides so is fairly tedious but my komoot is mostly fat biking as I use it for mapping out routes prior to these sorts of trips .. www.komoot.com/user/916926826563?ref=amk
3:36 Your wombats look different to ours.
A little smaller!!!! :-)