Scotland Entries
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Hills & Re-Organization
Friday, April 10th, 2009We decided to sleep through a rainy early-morning, which proved to be a wise choice since the rain soon stopped and the wind dried our tent. We packed up in record time (we're getting better at it) ...
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Goodbye Scotland
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Today was our last day in Scotland. I've joked with Tara a few times that of all the countries we've visited, Scotland is my favorite. Absolutely everyone we have spoken with has been friendly, the...
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The Cove
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009StumbleUpon Readers: Please click here for a message! Thanks for stopping by! This journal entry is the first of ours that has ever been "stumbled upon" and we wanted to say hello. As best we ...
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Hitting our Stride
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009On our way out of Edinburgh, we stopped to do some much needed bicycle maintenance. I had neglected to clean or lube the chains since we started so I spent a good 15 minutes with each bike cleaning ...
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Resting in Edinburgh
Monday, April 6th, 2009We slept in fairly late (maybe 11:00), and then set about finding another place in Edinburgh to sleep for the night. We decided we needed a rest day, and we were going to spend it hanging out in the...
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Union Canal Bike Path
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Tara and I have been talking a lot about what we want from our trip. We discuss things like how much we want to bike, what kind of biking we want to do and why we are both here. We did this more ti...
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Rainy Day Ride
Saturday, April 4th, 2009This was a very, very hard day and it seemed like nothing could go right. We awoke to cold, pouring rain, and had to pack up camp with everything sopping wet. In retrospect, it would have been nice...
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Stealth Camping
Friday, April 3rd, 2009David and I left this morning to pick up a 'dongle' that will allow us to have internet access basically anywhere in the UK that has cell service. It took a bit longer than expected so Tara and I di...
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Glasgow, Scotland
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009It was a relief to step off of the plane in Glasgow knowing that we would not have to fly again for a very long time. It was so nice to have that part of the journey over with, and now concern ours...