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NEVER MIND THE GEAR(S)
Day 9, Gurskoy to beach near Sovik, Gunnasoyla (66 kms)
After a swift run downhill from yesterday's spot, leaving the midges behind, the old bike crossed a bridge onto the next island --...
Tim Bugler
Jul 103 min read
Day 8 Skottneset to Isle of Gurskoy (80 kms)
Another better day for distance took me across the peninsula where I was camped last night, over a mountain pass at about 1000 feet, and...
Tim Bugler
Jul 92 min read
Day 7: Isane to Skottneset (59 kms)
The lighter-loaded bike sprang along the three kilometres or so from last night's camping spot just in time to catch the 9.30 ferry for a...
Tim Bugler
Jul 83 min read
Day 6 Svelgen to Isane (35 kms)
Awaking to a glorious day, I packed up my tent, had a quick breakfast, and sat down with my laptop on the picnic table overlooking the...
Tim Bugler
Jul 72 min read
Day 5: Floro to Svelgen (60 kms)
After a late start -- almost noon -- to let the tent dry and attend to some small jobs on the bike, we made good progress running east on...
Tim Bugler
Jul 73 min read
Cycling to the Arctic: Day 4
Dalsoyra to Krokane, near Floro 25 kms by bike -- maybe 50 by sea Sorry to be so vague about distance: it's easy enough to measure what I...
Tim Bugler
Jul 53 min read


Old Man On A Bike (Trip 2): The Venerable Claud Butler heads to the Arctic
I have promised my wife that I am not planning to emulate the “cyclo-nomade” Jacques Sirat, whom I met in a small town in northern Turkey...
Tim Bugler
Jul 55 min read


"Old Man On A Bike -- from the Tay Bridge to the Bosphorous Bridge"
Me and The Venerable Claud Butler at Sunderland, the end of an earlier, much shorter ride, the English C2C from Whitehaven. IN the early...
Tim Bugler
Jul 2117 min read
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