Mountain Biking the Southern Upland Way - A Solo Scottish Mountain Bike Adventure (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2024
- Join me as I attempt to ride the length of the Southern Upland Way in Scotland. It is a coast to coast route that is 344km long, with 7775m of ascent. In this film I ride from Portpatrick to Stroamfeggan Bridge. Enjoy breath-taking scenery and epic riding.
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Thank you for sharing this, fabulous scenery and a real insight into the SUW. I had no idea it would be as arduous, well done for persevering. Our paths crossed at Rispen and you mentioned this had been a bit of an adventure 😀. Lovely to meet you and your partner and trail doggy, keep up the good work.
@@tonyplant2337 it was great to meet you recently- thank you for stopping to say hello 😃 I really appreciated it. Thank you for your encouraging comments too 🙌. Best wishes.
great work - i attempted this with a bivibag in 2011 I think, made it about 60 miles and quit! I struggled with the navigation and how slow the progress was. Great work! I'm inspired to try again!
@@richardlsharpe thank you for commenting- I feel much better having read how difficult you found it. I almost quit after leg 4 (will be in next video) as I spent more time walking than riding - and as you say progress is so slow. Have fun if you try it again 🚵♂️💪🏻.
@@mtbfree4914 sorry i have only just seen this comment - glad to hear you stuck at it and finished it off! A couple of weeks ago I got lost at Sanquar too...but who knows maybe 2025 will be a good year to try it again!
@@richardlsharpe go for it I say 🚵♂️
Very intresting to see the Southern Upland Way route, they boggy sections can be a bugger like you say hard to guess how swampy they are. When youre stopping for the night do you basically stay over in the bothies? Just curious how you plan this as would like to do some routes that may take a few days. Lovely drone footage on the days with good weather. That bracken and thick grass sections are tough to cut through. Enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing and looking forwawrd to next part 😁👍.
@@garyalexander3281 thank you for your comments. I’ve either been doing day trips and getting dropped off at the start and collected at the end. On the legs that are further away my partner has supported me with our motorhome. I have stayed in some of the bothies many years ago on 2 day trips. Another option is that some of the towns have hostels so travelling light with just a change of clothes would work on some legs. Hope this helps 😃. Happy biking.
@@mtbfree4914 Thanks for advice much appreciated 😁
This is excellent!! - We've had the SUW on the bucket list for a few years but never seem to get the right combination of weather/time & fitness (mostly fitness to be honest!!) - I knew their would be steps on day 1 but they looked a nightmare... getting my 85lb packed fatty up there will be tramatic I suspect. I've done a few sections (Castle Kennedy to Clatteringshaws) as we're somewhat local to the area and from what I had done I thought the obstacles (anywhere you need to lift really) were fairly minimal - sounds like they are worse further on from your narrative - regardless looking forwards to the second installment! - ATB Tom
Hey Tom, thanks for your comments. I think you would need to take all bags off bike and carry seperately up the steps - they were very steep and also some big steps too. Many of the gates are full size and have a small 'walkers' gate built into them. However I found many of these type of gates were locked or wedged shut with a massive boulder meaning that I couldn't open the full size gate. It was often a struggle to lift my bike through the walkers gate as it was narrow and is designed to swing closed on its own. Had an epic day on leg 4 - almost broke me - change of bike definiately a good choice I think for future legs!
Maybe some work should be carried out on the trail. Some of the sections certainly looked very steep.
Yeah, it is more of a walkers trail however it does say on the SUW website that it is suitable for mtbs with the exceptions of the first bit along the coast at Portpatrick, and the last section along the coast at cocksburnpath.
I’ve watched this and your second video on this route, and it looks tough going - I admire your mental and physical stamina to stick at it!
Just wondered what frame bag you’re using on your Tallboy(?). Reason I ask is because I have the same bike in large, and have been looking for a frame bag to fit it. Is yours a custom made thing, or an off the shelf one?
@@bowglie thanks 🙏. It’s been a tough route, I’ve started so I may as well finish it 😂. The frame bag is made by lomo. Here’s the link - www.lomo.co.uk/products/bike-frame-dry-bag/
I got it on sale, it’s back up to full price now but still cheap compared to other manufacturers. It’s been great 👍. Cheers and happy riding 🚵♂️.
@@mtbfree4914 Thanks for letting me know. I’ve got one on order (so much cheaper than the others I’d looked at).