Caledonia Way 1, Sustrans cycle route 78 Campbeltown to Oban bikepacking touring
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Bikepacking the Caledonia Way, Sustrans cycle route 78 from Campbeltown to Oban.
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00:00 Intro
01:27 Saddle Bay, Anthony Gormley statue, GRIP and Carradale
02:50 Kilberry Loop
04:21 Day 2 start
05:22 Crinan Canal
06:25 Dunadd
07:11 Day 3 start
08:15 Dalavich Cafe
09:42 Into Oban
Section 1 - Campbeltown to Oban: • Caledonia Way 1, Sustr...
Section 2 - Oban to Fort William: • Caledonia Way 2, Sustr...
Section 3 - Fort William to Inverness: • Caledonia Way 3, Sustr...
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Heavens, I have gone down the rabbit hole on this. Such wonderful video, commentary, history, language , etc that I will end up watching many videos when I really should be working....
Please do Rob - I'm glad you like them!
I really enjoyed your account of this part of the journey. Just about to watch the second installment.
Thanks Paula - they weren't ridden in one go - gradually put together over time - but hopefully they hang together. It's a lovely route.
@@alwaysanotheradventure Yes my friend did it last year and told us how absolutely fantastic it was so we fancy either it or the Lochs and Glens North or Coast and Castles North route. We can't make our minds up yet haha
I did it southbound and jumped across to Arran. Will need to finish the last section. Another great video Simon
That's great Stuart. You can do the bottom section together with the Kintyre Gravel Way on another ride!
We are doing this this May. Looks fantastic
From Campbeltown to Inverness? You’ll have a GREAT time. May is the best month here.
Lovely video, very well presented and beautifully shot. Great work! Really enjoying catching up on all your videos. Thanks very much.
I'm pleased you're enjoying them Dr Jon
Fantastic vid , thank you.
I'm pleased it was helpful Norm. There are two more in that series on the Cal Way
Beautiful country and some sweet quiet-ish tarmac to glide along Loch Awe. Bravo
Fantastic efforts guys thanks for the footage my friend's. Really enjoyed the programme 💪💙👍🇬🇧
Another excellent route video - looks stunning and definitely worth a visit. Thanks 👍👍
I’m just about to embark on my first trip of the whole Caledonia way with my friend and I have to say these videos are great bud, informative and well edited. Kudos.
Wonderful sunset shots. I’m lucky enough to live in easy reach of the west coast and it truly is that magical. One if the reasons that I’m here for good. Excellent video as always Simon.
Sean's flip flops were lovely. Great video gives me food for thought.
We got them from the first place we stayed on the Kintyre Way along with the fluffy robes. I think we were allowed to keep them and we each were walking around that caravan in them 😁
Wow looks amazing such awesome views brilliant
Great video and thank you for staying with us at Kings Reach Vegan B & B , it was a pleasure to meet you both. We love the drone footage of Dunadd Hill, absolutely stunning.
Thanks Sara - we had a great stay.
Great video filming and editing. Enjoy it a lot like always. Thank you.
great video! I‘m feeling „homesick“ watching this. Before the pandemic we used to visit Kilmartin and the Kintyre Peninsula every year, sometimes even several times a year. But we never were there with our bikes. Next time we surely will explore the region with our bikes. In the meantime I will watch your videos and get inspired.
Another great video Simon. Very enjoyable. Well done, sir.
That looks like a fun ride. Beautiful scenery.
Absolutely Fantastic, thank you again!
Looks like a really good route. Thanks for sharing.
Well done Si great documentary. The views and the towns are magnificent. In Victoria we are back in lock down so no riding. Just the same your video helps me to look forward to the joys of riding. I love Scotland!
Great bit of history at 7 minutes,
Nice route !
Learnt most of that in the vegan B&B!
Great stuff, Simon. Feeling home sick again. Miss the wee toon.
Looks amazing. Thank you 🍻😁
Superb stuff.
Great video as always,shame Shaun couldn’t continue with the ride. Ride safe guys 👍
Superb sir!
Hi great video. Keep going. I will be 60 this year, BUT will do "the Ride" 8 days of cycling., 1300km and 18.000 hm, including Mt Ventoux, Alpe D'huez and the col du Glandon. So I will keep going as well. Never too old!
That's 'La Marmotte' isn't it Ralph? I SO messed up riding that a couple of years ago.
Really helpful set of videos on this route, Simon. This is on my list of "long-distance rides in retirement," and I'm hoping to do it either later this year, or next year. Lots of useful information to help me plan!
I'm pleased it was helpful David. There's just so much riding to be done in Scotland!
Hi sir, big fan from India.
I will be beginning to train for this after getting back to uni(currently I can cycle only about 50km in a day), this is an excellent motivator. Thanks for all the good work you've done.
Enjoy the training !
@@alwaysanotheradventure Thanks mate, being based in Scotland it's just too good not to cycle!
Decent vidd
You have obviously got used to rural Scotland traffic volumes . Things are relative and for visitors from the south of England rest assured that main road traffic is very light in the rural west of Scotland. A82 from Glasgow to Fort William excepted. If you happily cycle on English roads, you won't be troubled by the traffic on any road west of the A82
Scotland is so remote and beautiful. Better on a bike🇬🇧👍❤️😁
I had this trip all planned for September but a job change and holiday clashes mean it's going to have to wait until 2022. Roll on 2022!!
I did it over three years, so it’ll still be there.
You both look really lean and fit .
Sean is staggeringly fit and a lot younger
Knowing smile to the camera at 4 mins 😀
Great video. Done a fair bit of it but never linked it all up.
Sometimes dog walkers and their errant dogs are as dangerous as a vehicle...
Great video. The Direct GPX Download seems to point to the stage 2 of the route and not the first stage from Campbeltown.
Ah ok, thanks Graham. I’m away in the van but will try to fix it towards the end of the week.
Great video, and I'm so glad you pointed out the importance of Dunadd. It is, in effect, where Scotland began. A couple of small points on pronunciation. Dalriada is stressed on the 'ee' sound, not on the 'a', 'ria' just as Rio is not stressed on the 'o', it's a diphthong as in Ikea (!). And Kilberry, like all Kil- names is stressed on the second element. Kil is the generic first element (the cell of...), Berry is the specific second element, a saint's name. Small points, that don't spoil a fine video.
That's all really useful to know, thank you Mark
@@alwaysanotheradventure You're welcome. A couple of days ago I took a spin from Ballachulish to the Creran Bridge and back, and I think you're absolutely right - possibly the most beautiful NCN route I've cycled, particularly in glorious sunshine and bright blue skies.
Have you tried the Loch Oich loop, plenty gravel almost no tarmac.
I've done bits Norma, not as a loop though.
Love the video! A friend of mine just recommended the route. Considering traveling from the US to tour this. Any tips on the best time of year?
End of April and early May are often good Tobias, but it's really hard to be sure with the climate changing.
Another tremendous one! I did the Kilberry loop a few years ago and was tempted by - but didn’t take - the additional loop to the north on the Old Ellary Road as a scenic route to Crinan or Tayvallich. Have you cycled that one Simon?
Truth is I didn't know that was there Peter - it looks really good!
@@alwaysanotheradventure Glad to be able to suggest something!!
Very useful and entertaining video Simon as usual. Am contemplating bike packing this route with tent, probably next year now. I'm led to believe that midges could be a significant factor. Do you have such an experience and do you have any tips on how to manage them or perhaps certain months of the year to avoid?
Ah, the midge question! Hi Sean, glad you like the video. Midges can appear from early May and disappear sometime in September, but we're never really sure. You can google the Midge Forecast which helps a bit. They don't like; bright sun, very heavy rain or strong wind. They really don't like the anti-midge coils you can burn - I'll come back to these.
So even though July was the height of the midge season we've seen few here while it has been scorching. As the overcast skies appeared, out came the midges. They also appear early morning and evenings.
You can mitigate their worst affects by putting repellent with 50% DEET on your legs and Smidge on your face, perhaps spraying clothes with permytherin (not sure of spelling). A head net is a worthwhile investment, and you can get complete, lightweight midge jackets, but they're more useful to me when I have to stand outside filming.
So my camping routine is to use repellent as described (also helps with ticks but sadly not clegs), try to eat on the move or in 'civilisation', and when I stop to camp, get the head net on, tent up and dive inside. Get a coil burning in the vestibule (OK, not safe but it works) and cook in there too. I take a pee bottle into the tent. If I have to go out the zip on the tent is open for a millisecond! Hope that's useful. Oh, and remember, their purpose is to remind humans that we're part of the food chain.
@@alwaysanotheradventure thanks Simon, very useful, appreciated.
Two things I like...bikes and Scotland...🤙 cheers from New Scotland aka Nova Scotia
Hey! Great to hear from you.