Stories from past rides and the inception of Roam Scotland
Ernesto was already ahead of me, before we’d even turned a wheel, in Piazza Giambattista Bodoni. All these people from so many countries, coming here to ride together, such a beautiful thing. I think I’m going to cry today. I thought I was an emotional guy, but this was mediterranean passion! Here’s how I got to the same feeling 7 days later in Nice…
Full story coming soon.
A momentary idea on the Torino-Nice Rally kept on coming back to me for more attention. But an idea is a flimsy thing on its own, it needed some substance…
Bikes are the ultimate vehicle of freedom aren’t they? The freedom to explore and the freedom to be. Throw in a tent, some provisions and some like minded folk, and you have yourself a bikepacking rally. This spring, my husband Keith and I took part in…
…step forward the Roam Scotland Rally: not a race, more a suggestion of a self-supported bikepacking ride for everyone to start at roughly the same time over roughly the same route of about 700km. This is spread neatly across seven days with no pressure on how fast or slow you should take it…
Everyone experienced loss of freedoms during the pandemic. Our access to connect with one another was disrupted, for the greater good. Safety and survival, should trump our need to come together. Limits and prohibitions can drive our curiosity to explore and connect anew when our freedoms do return. Our minds need that stimulation to grow…
A Dumfriesshire blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, is credited with building the first bicycle in 1839. A wood and iron machine known as a Velocipede…
