Aww thank you Peter! And I am laughing out loud reading your comment because I think you’ve nailed my personality in those two words - am pretty sure a lot of people who know me in real life would very much agree with the happy and dogged description 🤣😁
A bit of sunshine! Looks cloudy on the horizon! The USA was in a severe drought on both my distance trips so when it did rain it was always welcomed! Eclipse coming tomorrow and I think we’ll have some affect in Boston. Thanks for posting! Andrew
Thanks Andrew! Oh it would have been a very different experience riding through a drought! Come to think of it I don’t think I experienced a drop of rain when I rode the Pacific Coast Route hmm 🤔! And yes the eclipse!!! So amazing.
Hello Edna! Happy to have found your channel again. Not sure what happened but somehow we were not subscribed, but I know we sub-d back when you were doing the PCH trip. Anyway.... all good and thank you for taking us down memory lane with this video. We cycled through here back in 2013 during our first world tour and loved it. We also did it during the fall/autumn time period and the colors were amazing. Luckily though, we didn't experience any flooding like you did and overall the weather was not too bad for us. I guess we lucked out. Happy cycling and take care! ~Ron & Petra
Hi Ron & Petra!!! Ohh 😆🤷♀️ I am so glad you found my channel again and thank you for sending this note! I’m so inspired by all the adventures and touring that you’ve done all over the world!!! It’s so wonderful that you were able to experience the full beauty of the UK fall colors on your own LEJOG adventure. It’s great seeing you here again!!! 😊🙏
Oh I’m so glad to hear all this Phil! And yes I think my phone was just a bit too drenched when it was recording the clips for that previous video!! I was relieved to hear the sound improvement when I was putting together this one. And I’m so glad the vids are inspiring you to get on the bike more! Ride on! 🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Wow, well you've captured the weather in northwestern Europe since October perfectly there😂 still, what a stunning place Scotland is, hope to be able to return asap
Haha thank you Arjan! Yes I think I got the full experience of the UK 🤣. I totally agree about Scotland - I really hope to be able to return for more cycling there sooner than later!
well done for persevering in spite of the weather over the last few days. At least sun at last ( i live in Devon and it still has not stopped raining yet) Would be very interested if you could publish the route that you took as it looks to be mainly off road or quite lanes except for your detour
Thank you, Chris!! Ah, Devon is such a beautiful place to call home!! I hope the sun comes back out there soon. I did this ride in October (I'm just catching up with the video edits & uploads on my weekends now) but I've heard it continued to be quite a rainy winter!! I'd be happy to send across the gpx files from my route - maybe send me a PM on instagram and I can follow up from there? I downloaded a ton of route options before I set off, and in the end I followed a mix of the Sustrans route and the Cicerones route, both of which prioritised bike paths & quiet lanes. (Originally I wanted to do more of the Great British Divide, hence the off-road tyres on my bike - but the weather put me off :-)).
This popped up in my feed today. I watched Day 10 as well but will go back to see the rest of your journey. Well done around Perth and navigating around the flooding. I got confused on a recon' ride at Perth ,from Queensferry to Pitlochry that I did a few years back, so very well done in getting out of there. The complete ride was Queensferry to Nairn, following a very similar route to yourself. It was 180 miles and I did it in a day. Luckily I had good weather and a prevailing wind plus I was traveling light on an audax bike so by no way comparable to what you are doing here. The Climb from just out of Blair Athol is a biggy for sure, but two things that slip your mind when worrying about that. 1) you have been climbing pretty much the whole way from Dunkeld and 2) there is as much climbing from Queensferry to the start of the Drumochter as there is from Blair Athol to Inverness, despite the profile seemingly showing it is back loaded. To travel the length of the country taking the time to explore a little too is something I really need to do. Very well done.
Wow, thank you so much for all this! Queensferry to Nairn in one day is no small feat!!! So impressive particularly with all that climbing, even with a tail wind and lighter load! That’s really inspiring. And yes, I was relieved to find my way to Pitlochry after all the detours 🤣. It really is so enriching to get to explore places by bicycle - I couldn’t agree more! 🚴♀️😁
I binge-watched your LEJOG journey to date yesterday - all 10 episodes. My goodness, you've had some setbacks! And the weather is horrendous even by British standards (I remember it well) You are a remarkably good, patient and decent person! On camera, at least - I kind of hope you can be surly and sweary off camera because of all you have had to deal with. And I haven't yet watched a second of today's video yet ...
Sunshine! Wow. But still plenty of severe flooding - those chalets next to the river Spey in Aviemore were within a gnat's whisker of being inundated - or should that be a midge's whisker in Scotland?
Haha I have my moments, I promise!!! 🤣 Thank you so much for your kind words, and wow well done & thanks on the binge watch!! I hope it was more fun than painful to watch all of the videos back-to-back! 😊
Hahaha I think a midge's whisker for sure 🤣. And yes the water level was insane!!! My camera lens was not good enough to capture this but some of the homes a bit farther back did look partially underwater when I was there. I hope they've all dried out & recovered since though it sounds like it's been a very wet winter, too!
What a beautiful ride.
Thank you! I really loved this day 😁
You've shown a great attitude to dealing with some tough conditions. Riding day after day, and keeping your smile is hard. Inspirational stuff 😊
Thank you, Simon!! I really appreciate this! 😊
I also found that climb pretty easy , certainly compared to Cornwall .
Yes, right?! 😆 I really enjoyed it! Especially after expecting something much worse! 🤣
Loving these and your happy dogged way of dealing with adversity is a joy to behold
Aww thank you Peter! And I am laughing out loud reading your comment because I think you’ve nailed my personality in those two words - am pretty sure a lot of people who know me in real life would very much agree with the happy and dogged description 🤣😁
What a cheerful young woman. A tonic to watch this.
Aww thank you for your kind words! ☺️
Hello Edna,
I was so pleased that you had no rain... and a relatively easy day...
take care
Paul,,
Thank you Paul!! I was quite pleased too!! 😊
You’ve an amazing outlook and so positive especially with our c…pay weather. Well done.
Thank you Stephen, that's very kind of you to say!! 😊
A bit of sunshine! Looks cloudy on the horizon! The USA was in a severe drought on both my distance trips so when it did rain it was always welcomed! Eclipse coming tomorrow and I think we’ll have some affect in Boston. Thanks for posting! Andrew
Thanks Andrew! Oh it would have been a very different experience riding through a drought! Come to think of it I don’t think I experienced a drop of rain when I rode the Pacific Coast Route hmm 🤔! And yes the eclipse!!! So amazing.
Hello Edna! Happy to have found your channel again. Not sure what happened but somehow we were not subscribed, but I know we sub-d back when you were doing the PCH trip. Anyway.... all good and thank you for taking us down memory lane with this video. We cycled through here back in 2013 during our first world tour and loved it. We also did it during the fall/autumn time period and the colors were amazing. Luckily though, we didn't experience any flooding like you did and overall the weather was not too bad for us. I guess we lucked out. Happy cycling and take care! ~Ron & Petra
Hi Ron & Petra!!! Ohh 😆🤷♀️ I am so glad you found my channel again and thank you for sending this note! I’m so inspired by all the adventures and touring that you’ve done all over the world!!! It’s so wonderful that you were able to experience the full beauty of the UK fall colors on your own LEJOG adventure. It’s great seeing you here again!!! 😊🙏
Brill vid 👍 Sound was much better on this one too 😊 You are inspiring me to get out and about on my bike, so thank you ❤
Oh I’m so glad to hear all this Phil! And yes I think my phone was just a bit too drenched when it was recording the clips for that previous video!! I was relieved to hear the sound improvement when I was putting together this one. And I’m so glad the vids are inspiring you to get on the bike more! Ride on! 🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Wow, well you've captured the weather in northwestern Europe since October perfectly there😂 still, what a stunning place Scotland is, hope to be able to return asap
Haha thank you Arjan! Yes I think I got the full experience of the UK 🤣. I totally agree about Scotland - I really hope to be able to return for more cycling there sooner than later!
well done for persevering in spite of the weather over the last few days. At least sun at last ( i live in Devon and it still has not stopped raining yet)
Would be very interested if you could publish the route that you took as it looks to be mainly off road or quite lanes except for your detour
Thank you, Chris!! Ah, Devon is such a beautiful place to call home!! I hope the sun comes back out there soon. I did this ride in October (I'm just catching up with the video edits & uploads on my weekends now) but I've heard it continued to be quite a rainy winter!! I'd be happy to send across the gpx files from my route - maybe send me a PM on instagram and I can follow up from there? I downloaded a ton of route options before I set off, and in the end I followed a mix of the Sustrans route and the Cicerones route, both of which prioritised bike paths & quiet lanes. (Originally I wanted to do more of the Great British Divide, hence the off-road tyres on my bike - but the weather put me off :-)).
@@ednanovakthanks very much will get my wife to PM you regards chris
Sounds good! I’ll look out for her message :)
This popped up in my feed today. I watched Day 10 as well but will go back to see the rest of your journey. Well done around Perth and navigating around the flooding. I got confused on a recon' ride at Perth ,from Queensferry to Pitlochry that I did a few years back, so very well done in getting out of there. The complete ride was Queensferry to Nairn, following a very similar route to yourself. It was 180 miles and I did it in a day. Luckily I had good weather and a prevailing wind plus I was traveling light on an audax bike so by no way comparable to what you are doing here. The Climb from just out of Blair Athol is a biggy for sure, but two things that slip your mind when worrying about that. 1) you have been climbing pretty much the whole way from Dunkeld and 2) there is as much climbing from Queensferry to the start of the Drumochter as there is from Blair Athol to Inverness, despite the profile seemingly showing it is back loaded. To travel the length of the country taking the time to explore a little too is something I really need to do. Very well done.
Wow, thank you so much for all this! Queensferry to Nairn in one day is no small feat!!! So impressive particularly with all that climbing, even with a tail wind and lighter load! That’s really inspiring. And yes, I was relieved to find my way to Pitlochry after all the detours 🤣. It really is so enriching to get to explore places by bicycle - I couldn’t agree more! 🚴♀️😁
@@ednanovak ironically the wind was from the south west, the only head wind I had was going up Drumochter!!
Haha, classic 🤣
There's a hockey game they play in Ireland called 'camogie' which could be similar to on the board.
Oh, neat!! Yes it seems highly likely that the games would be related at the very least!!! 🏑
I binge-watched your LEJOG journey to date yesterday - all 10 episodes. My goodness, you've had some setbacks! And the weather is horrendous even by British standards (I remember it well) You are a remarkably good, patient and decent person! On camera, at least - I kind of hope you can be surly and sweary off camera because of all you have had to deal with.
And I haven't yet watched a second of today's video yet ...
Sunshine! Wow. But still plenty of severe flooding - those chalets next to the river Spey in Aviemore were within a gnat's whisker of being inundated - or should that be a midge's whisker in Scotland?
Haha I have my moments, I promise!!! 🤣 Thank you so much for your kind words, and wow well done & thanks on the binge watch!! I hope it was more fun than painful to watch all of the videos back-to-back! 😊
Hahaha I think a midge's whisker for sure 🤣. And yes the water level was insane!!! My camera lens was not good enough to capture this but some of the homes a bit farther back did look partially underwater when I was there. I hope they've all dried out & recovered since though it sounds like it's been a very wet winter, too!
@@ednanovak Definitely more fun than painful 😀👍
Suberb photography
Thank you, Simon!!! 😊