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Our Aerial Chariot
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Speed demons, usArrived Early For Our 17:00 Ferry
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We're here early enough to have burned of all the units before the ferry. Max didn't fancy playing Port to PortPre-flight Beers
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Ferry Recharge
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Really slumming it after a hard 3 whole hours ridingDinnertime
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Coldbackie Bay
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World-famous Toasties at Smoo Cave
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World-famous Toasties At Smoo Cave
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Motorcycle Pinup Time
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Next stop: something called 'the wee mad road' to Lochinver because we're running low on fuelFinally Some Food (With A View)
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And not a moment too soonFuel, Sweet Delicious Fuel
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Campsite With A View
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A Hoy Hoy
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Road's closed due to them exploding some rocks. Shame it's the only road for miles arou dA Minor Obstacle
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Road's Closed
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At the front of the miles-long queueAt Least The View Is Nice
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Got Bored, Walked To An Abandoned Hut
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Got Bored, Walked To An Abandoned Hut
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Decided to be merciful and let the miles and miles of backed-up traffic get past us before we continue onFinally Made It Through
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With some dutch pals we met at the road closureDinner With A View
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Decided to make up for missing the scenic route yesterday with a quick detour into skyeHi Skye
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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)Midday In Mallaig
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Dinner in Fort William - our last taste of civilisation for a whileThe Band Reunited
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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!Underway & Islay-bound
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Ah Good, Spare Parts
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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 usFirst Aid Time
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My elbow might be busted, but at least my bag full of tiny whiskies survived the crashPriorities
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Daddy I Found You
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Daddy, I Finally Found You!
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Michael Finally Found His Dream Beach
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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.And Then There Were Two
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This is literally exactly the same as 1984They Can Take Our Lives, But They Can Never Take Our Freedoooooo—Oh, Hang Onr
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No. Sleep. Till. Jura.And They're Off
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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)Challenge Accepted
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Last-minute repairs after Max managed to de-handlebar his bikeSo Close
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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.Final Stretch
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Now for the long, sweaty, ignominious walk into the finishNever Mind
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Stopped to help these two push - the bike wouldn't startLeave No Man Behind
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Well aren't you a sight for sore eyesHome Stretch?
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Well aren't you a sight for sore eyesHome Stretch
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By doing something stupid like 'sinking up to my waist in a peat bog within spitting distance of the finish line'And Then I Go And Spoil It All
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And if I never see another Monkey Bike again, it shall be too soonWe Made It!
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Team Swampass (l–r): The Canadienne, the Tatty Baron, Dingo Babysnatcher and mischievous little Neep NeepAnd First Place Goes To...
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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. ;_;7Thanks, Boots. Thboots.
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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.Finally On The Train To Glasgow
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The Bikes Would Have Been Faster Than That Train
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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.End Of The Line
