Bike Packing – Flow Country 360

27/07/2024 1

The Flow Country is a vast area of peat bog in northern Scotland, sparsely populated, without major roads but criss-crossed by several minor roads and estate tracks. Its these tracks and the relative remoteness of the area that makes it good for bike-packing. I always prefer a loop when bike-packing, it removes the downer that is often getting to the start/finish, and means that the ride can be started anywhere on said loop, devising this particular loop on Komoot did Read More

3 Day Solo Packrafting Trip in the Fisherfield, Scotland

21/08/2023 3

Intro I had spent the previous 9 days hill walking, 15 Munros for my second Munro round and 1 Corbett. My legs were wrecked and needed a rest, so what better solution than to use the arms instead for a packrafting trip in the Fisherfield?! I’d last been in this area some 5 years previously, and it had rained constantly, so I had bailed east for some sunshine hill bagging instead. This did at least mean that I was able Read More