Monkey Run Scotland - May 2022

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1. Our Aerial Chariot 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

2. Arrived Early For Our 17:00 Ferry

   4 years ago

   Speed demons, us

3. Pre-flight Beers 🖼️

   4 years ago

   We're here early enough to have burned of all the units before the ferry. Max didn't fancy playing Port to Port

4. Ferry Recharge 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

5. Dinnertime 🖼️

   4 years ago

   Really slumming it after a hard 3 whole hours riding

6. Coldbackie Bay 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

7. World-famous Toasties at Smoo Cave 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

8. World-famous Toasties At Smoo Cave 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

9. Motorcycle Pinup Time 🖼️

   4 years ago

   

10. Finally Some Food (With A View) 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Next stop: something called 'the wee mad road' to Lochinver because we're running low on fuel

11. Fuel, Sweet Delicious Fuel 🖼️

    4 years ago

    And not a moment too soon

12. Campsite With A View 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

13. A Hoy Hoy 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

14. A Minor Obstacle

    4 years ago

    Road's closed due to them exploding some rocks. Shame it's the only road for miles arou d

15. Road's Closed 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

16. At Least The View Is Nice 🖼️

    4 years ago

    At the front of the miles-long queue

17. Got Bored, Walked To An Abandoned Hut 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

18. Got Bored, Walked To An Abandoned Hut 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

19. Finally Made It Through 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Decided to be merciful and let the miles and miles of backed-up traffic get past us before we continue on

20. Dinner With A View 🖼️

    4 years ago

    With some dutch pals we met at the road closure

21. Hi Skye 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Decided to make up for missing the scenic route yesterday with a quick detour into skye

22. Midday In Mallaig

    4 years ago

    Got an earlier-than-planned ferry over so we've stopped for food and drink whilst we wait for Sara to get here on the Harry Potter train from Fort William (which we will then try to blag a ride on)

23. The Band Reunited

    4 years ago

    Dinner in Fort William - our last taste of civilisation for a while

24. Underway & Islay-bound 🖼️

    4 years ago

    After a hair-raising (and utterly pathetic) race against the clock to get the 13:00 ferry to Islay (rather than the later ones, which all arrived after the distilleries closed for the day), we made it with 7 minutes to spare!

25. Ah Good, Spare Parts 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

26. First Aid Time 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Went to Bunnahabhain Distillery to pass the time, got some lovely photos and then on the way out (and within spitting distance of the end of the trip) Ben gets run off the windy country road by a speeding Hilux and has to put his first aid skills to good us

27. Priorities 🖼️

    4 years ago

    My elbow might be busted, but at least my bag full of tiny whiskies survived the crash

28. Daddy I Found You 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

29. Daddy, I Finally Found You! 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

30. Michael Finally Found His Dream Beach 🖼️

    4 years ago

    

31. And Then There Were Two 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Sara and Max decided to be boring, Mike and I decided to ride across the island to pick up pizza. You decide who the real geniuses are.

32. They Can Take Our Lives, But They Can Never Take Our Freedoooooo—Oh, Hang Onr 🖼️

    4 years ago

    This is literally exactly the same as 1984

33. And They're Off 🖼️

    4 years ago

    No. Sleep. Till. Jura.

34. Challenge Accepted 🖼️

    4 years ago

    3 mi from the end of the road, and another crash has sheared off my clutch lever. Looks like im going the rest of the way in 1st gear (max speed: about 2 mph)

35. So Close 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Last-minute repairs after Max managed to de-handlebar his bike

36. Final Stretch 🖼️

    4 years ago

    I'm having to physically hold my clutch cable in the biting point and my horn won't stop honking. Max has decided to walk the rest of the way. I'm going to chance it.

37. Never Mind 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Now for the long, sweaty, ignominious walk into the finish

38. Leave No Man Behind 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Stopped to help these two push - the bike wouldn't start

39. Home Stretch? 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes

40. Home Stretch 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes

41. And Then I Go And Spoil It All 🖼️

    4 years ago

    By doing something stupid like 'sinking up to my waist in a peat bog within spitting distance of the finish line'

42. We Made It! 🖼️

    4 years ago

    And if I never see another Monkey Bike again, it shall be too soon

43. And First Place Goes To... 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Team Swampass (l–r): The Canadienne, the Tatty Baron, Dingo Babysnatcher and mischievous little Neep Neep

44. Thanks, Boots. Thboots. 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Well, erstwhile comrades, you've seen me through Serbia, up and down mountains and now also across the Highlands, but it's finally time for us to part ways. ;_;7

45. Finally On The Train To Glasgow

    4 years ago

    Every train out of Oban today was cancelled except for this one so now we're running 4 hours late and I won't be home until about 0200. Get tae fuck Scotland, get tae fuck RMT.

46. The Bikes Would Have Been Faster Than That Train

    4 years ago

47. End Of The Line 🖼️

    4 years ago

    Finally united with their gallant steed, young Neep Neep and the Tatty Baron steel themselves for the long drive back home in the four-wheeled equivalent of a monkey bike. But, alas, here our tale ends.