Many thanks again to both of you - having watched your Roam Scotland Rally videos I have now managed to catch up with many of the other videos on your channel, and that has been a most enjoyable activity. The most relevant comment to make is ‘ditto’ the comment I made on the final episode of the Roam Scotland Rally videos. Regards Phill
Thanks for taking the time to comment though, it's greatly appreciated, and always helps with motivation! Especially as I just did a 37min talking head recording and the camera had overheated and stopped after 3 minutes!
Wonderful, thank you. Over 35 five years ago I walked with my wife of the time in glorious weather from Cairngorm car park, through the Alamein Gap, and then via the Sinclair hut (has that been removed now?) up Braeriach round and over Cairn Toul dropping down to Corrour Bothy. Even back then the mice were notorious so we crossed the river to camp about quarter mile away. No mouse problem. Next day we ascended Ben Macdui, Cairngorm and back to the car in foul weather which seriously tested my navigation skills. Unable to locate the 'motorway' path from the summit of Ben Macdui we descended on a compass bearing in thick cloud and rain to a point where I really thought I had made a mistake, only to realise I was standing in the water at the edge of the little lochan that feeds into Feith Buidhe. Bit of a relief! (Yes, I have had to look up some of the spellings! Nice trip down memory lane though). Once again, thank you for your filming, editing etc along with actually going on the adventure!
Humbled to have evoked such memories. It's a place not like many other in its sense of scale. Yet there's so little other noise bar birds and running water, that you can almost make out the conversation of folk who are barely visible to the eye on the other side of the glen. Thank you for sharing your experience. And delighted you enjoyed the video.
The quality of your content has gotten even more excellent 👌well done! You guys are very lucky to be able to do such adventures, and we are very lucky to be able to virtually join you here.
Thanks for the kind words 😊🙌, we both felt this one was a step up and hope to keep it up! Really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Keith & Lindsay
Brilliant. This has been on my radar for some years, but kept putting it off due to it supposedly being impossible on a loaded bike. I’m inspired now. Thanks for sharing your experience. ❤
It's a personal taste! We didn't ride far, but we went somewhere wild. It's a different kind of adventure with a different objective. It's no Sunday ride 😂 but it wouldn't be a challenge if it was. Comment back here if you do get out there.
@@TerraVenture aye it’s not about the distance. I managed to ride the Spey from source to sea last year and have also ridden the Dee from Ballater to Aberdeen so getting to the source is an itch that needs to be scratched.
Just come across your channel, watched this one and wow wow wow what a epic adventure your went on. I absolutely love Scotland. When my late wife was here we used to go for holidays there anyway me rambling on but yes really enjoyed this and instantly subscribed to your channel thank you both you both seem so lovely together ❤
Came to your channel after seeing you on Always another Adventure. Enjoying working my way through your videos. Interested to know which strap Lindsay uses to carry her camera and which camera she uses. Looking forward to seeing more of your bike packing adventures. Thanks.
Lovely to hear that you have enjoyed following in some of our adventures. The camera I used on this trip was a Fuji XT2 with a 35mm lens. I use a standard Peak Designs camera strap with a Rille stabiliser strap so that the camera stays in place whilst I'm riding. It works very well and is convenient to use.
@@Lindsay-TerraVenture That’s great - thanks very much. Have a Fujifilm camera and Peak Designs strap so just need the stabiliser 👍 Hope you manage some more bike packing adventures soon despite the current weather.
Hi Paul, good luck for the ride! We use AcePac saddle bags, frame bags and front bar roll. There's two places that sell them in UK, BearBonesBikpacking and TheBackcountryScot, although their stocks will be whittling down. We were the UK distributor for a few years and supplied these small independent retailers, but we have closed our business. Failing them, you may be able to source from EU via Trade Inn, but keep your order under £135 I believe to avoid Duty and Tax. There are lots of good alternatives, depending on budget.
Great vid cheers, glad I dropped on it, I'm gathering that at the pools you can carry on to Avimore? I'm thinking about a circular later this month around the Lairi ghru and up river Dee...ive been looking on OS map aswell. Cheers 👍👍🍻
Hey! Thanks for the comment. One of our favourite trips this one. So as you can see from the video there is a pretty meaty scree slope, with boulders making up the scree instead of small stones. It's certainly achievable but it is not for the faint hearted and a light summer setup would be recommended, so that manhandling the bike is easier. We've never seen past the pools so I can't advise as to how many more scree bits there are. I'm not sure what the weather is going to do in a few weeks. It's warm and stable just now, but when it turns wintery up there it really does get cold and rough!
@TerraVenture Ah great stuff cheers for that, I'm ok in winter and done a lot before I'd be fine. I might just go for it from Aviemore end and do couple bothies ...take care and keep the vids coming. Tony👍👍🍻🍻🍻
The first bit on the Aviemore side, climbing up into the opening of the gru is some of the best single-track. Lovely descent when in the other direction.
I want to do the loop I'll keep you posted ...trying to move my channel now. Went out to cape wrath earlier in year, on the way up I went up to Lock Einich, I was going to do the night .. Sun down below and drizzle up there at 1.30pm, would of been a long night so came down and moved up to NW and stayed in kearvaig bothy for night...it was brilliant 🚴♂️🚴♂️🍻
Hi there! Our front and rear fenders are made by Mudhugger a UK company but I believe they have foreign shipping possibly aswell. The rear ones are absolutely brilliant, we're always clean and so is the kit at the back of the bike! Such a benefit on muddy and wet trails!
Great video with some lovely footage. Sounds great fun with some like minded people. Such a shame about the people’s bikes getting stolen at the beginning 🙁
Hi Will, They are definitely not hot! quite chilly and often frozen over for a lot of the winter months. But mid summer I imagine you could have a lovely swim in them, we might go back one day to do just that and see if we can push on through to Aviemore!
Lindsay and I really enjoyed this trip! Any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you for watching! Keith & Lindsay
Many thanks again to both of you - having watched your Roam Scotland Rally videos I have now managed to catch up with many of the other videos on your channel, and that has been a most enjoyable activity. The most relevant comment to make is ‘ditto’ the comment I made on the final episode of the Roam Scotland Rally videos. Regards Phill
Thanks for taking the time to comment though, it's greatly appreciated, and always helps with motivation! Especially as I just did a 37min talking head recording and the camera had overheated and stopped after 3 minutes!
Wonderful, thank you.
Over 35 five years ago I walked with my wife of the time in glorious weather from Cairngorm car park, through the Alamein Gap, and then via the Sinclair hut (has that been removed now?) up Braeriach round and over Cairn Toul dropping down to Corrour Bothy.
Even back then the mice were notorious so we crossed the river to camp about quarter mile away. No mouse problem.
Next day we ascended Ben Macdui, Cairngorm and back to the car in foul weather which seriously tested my navigation skills. Unable to locate the 'motorway' path from the summit of Ben Macdui we descended on a compass bearing in thick cloud and rain to a point where I really thought I had made a mistake, only to realise I was standing in the water at the edge of the little lochan that feeds into Feith Buidhe. Bit of a relief! (Yes, I have had to look up some of the spellings! Nice trip down memory lane though).
Once again, thank you for your filming, editing etc along with actually going on the adventure!
Humbled to have evoked such memories. It's a place not like many other in its sense of scale. Yet there's so little other noise bar birds and running water, that you can almost make out the conversation of folk who are barely visible to the eye on the other side of the glen. Thank you for sharing your experience. And delighted you enjoyed the video.
Great adventure! And you two make a great team! Beautiful place and some very tough cycling terrain! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Ken, appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video. Loving your filming style and music. New subscriber and now watching a few each day 😀
Thank you Ali, lovely comment ☺️
Very nice and beautyful video. chapeau!! Pipedream , I love it
Cheers!
The quality of your content has gotten even more excellent 👌well done! You guys are very lucky to be able to do such adventures, and we are very lucky to be able to virtually join you here.
Thanks for the kind words 😊🙌, we both felt this one was a step up and hope to keep it up! Really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Keith & Lindsay
Brilliant. This has been on my radar for some years, but kept putting it off due to it supposedly being impossible on a loaded bike. I’m inspired now. Thanks for sharing your experience. ❤
It's a personal taste! We didn't ride far, but we went somewhere wild. It's a different kind of adventure with a different objective. It's no Sunday ride 😂 but it wouldn't be a challenge if it was. Comment back here if you do get out there.
@@TerraVenture aye it’s not about the distance. I managed to ride the Spey from source to sea last year and have also ridden the Dee from Ballater to Aberdeen so getting to the source is an itch that needs to be scratched.
great video :)
Thank you for posting such excellent content! Thoroughly enjoyed the video!
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Great stuff you two 👍🏕️
Cheers Alan, appreciated 👍
Just come across your channel, watched this one and wow wow wow what a epic adventure your went on. I absolutely love Scotland. When my late wife was here we used to go for holidays there anyway me rambling on but yes really enjoyed this and instantly subscribed to your channel thank you both you both seem so lovely together ❤
Cheers, for this and your other comment, much appreciated !
Beautiful adventure!
Thank you Marcos 🙌
Came to your channel after seeing you on Always another Adventure. Enjoying working my way through your videos. Interested to know which strap Lindsay uses to carry her camera and which camera she uses. Looking forward to seeing more of your bike packing adventures. Thanks.
Thanks! Welcome to the channel and I'll get Lindsay to follow up with your question. K
@@TerraVenture that would be great thanks 🙏
Lovely to hear that you have enjoyed following in some of our adventures. The camera I used on this trip was a Fuji XT2 with a 35mm lens. I use a standard Peak Designs camera strap with a Rille stabiliser strap so that the camera stays in place whilst I'm riding. It works very well and is convenient to use.
@@Lindsay-TerraVenture That’s great - thanks very much. Have a Fujifilm camera and Peak Designs strap so just need the stabiliser 👍 Hope you manage some more bike packing adventures soon despite the current weather.
Great watch while I am training for my 200mile road ride. I fancy bike packing. Please can I ask what do you use to strap gear to bikes.
Hi Paul, good luck for the ride! We use AcePac saddle bags, frame bags and front bar roll. There's two places that sell them in UK, BearBonesBikpacking and TheBackcountryScot, although their stocks will be whittling down. We were the UK distributor for a few years and supplied these small independent retailers, but we have closed our business. Failing them, you may be able to source from EU via Trade Inn, but keep your order under £135 I believe to avoid Duty and Tax. There are lots of good alternatives, depending on budget.
Great vid cheers, glad I dropped on it, I'm gathering that at the pools you can carry on to Avimore? I'm thinking about a circular later this month around the Lairi ghru and up river Dee...ive been looking on OS map aswell. Cheers 👍👍🍻
Hey! Thanks for the comment. One of our favourite trips this one. So as you can see from the video there is a pretty meaty scree slope, with boulders making up the scree instead of small stones. It's certainly achievable but it is not for the faint hearted and a light summer setup would be recommended, so that manhandling the bike is easier. We've never seen past the pools so I can't advise as to how many more scree bits there are. I'm not sure what the weather is going to do in a few weeks. It's warm and stable just now, but when it turns wintery up there it really does get cold and rough!
@TerraVenture Ah great stuff cheers for that, I'm ok in winter and done a lot before I'd be fine. I might just go for it from Aviemore end and do couple bothies ...take care and keep the vids coming. Tony👍👍🍻🍻🍻
The first bit on the Aviemore side, climbing up into the opening of the gru is some of the best single-track. Lovely descent when in the other direction.
I want to do the loop I'll keep you posted ...trying to move my channel now. Went out to cape wrath earlier in year, on the way up I went up to Lock Einich, I was going to do the night .. Sun down below and drizzle up there at 1.30pm, would of been a long night so came down and moved up to NW and stayed in kearvaig bothy for night...it was brilliant 🚴♂️🚴♂️🍻
Cracking video - really enjoyed that :-). Have a sub! :-)
Where can we find the fenders that you use in your bikes.? Thanks a lot and be safe always
Hi there! Our front and rear fenders are made by Mudhugger a UK company but I believe they have foreign shipping possibly aswell. The rear ones are absolutely brilliant, we're always clean and so is the kit at the back of the bike! Such a benefit on muddy and wet trails!
Great video with some lovely footage. Sounds great fun with some like minded people. Such a shame about the people’s bikes getting stolen at the beginning 🙁
Cheers Leigh, the group breakfasts, just taking over some random wee cafe are the best bits! Great social, plenty of coffee and cooked breakfasts!
were the pools hot springs? BTW, nice cycling skills!
Hi Will, They are definitely not hot! quite chilly and often frozen over for a lot of the winter months. But mid summer I imagine you could have a lovely swim in them, we might go back one day to do just that and see if we can push on through to Aviemore!
Interesting video, but like so many similar types of video you guys really need to sort out your spelling. It's Lairig (not Laraig) Ghru.
Thanks for the feedback 👍