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Bikepacking - The River Ayr Way - an Overnight Micro Adventure

When it opened in 2006 the idea of taking my bike down the River Ayr Way really excited me, even more so a few years later when it was given status as one of Scotland’s Great Trails. The fact 13 years had past and I still hadn’t gone near the trail head was testament to just how ridiculous my growing laziness has got through my 30s. There was a time when I wouldn't think twice about picking up my bike and riding the 66km route from the River’s source in Glenbuck to its final destination at the shore of Ayr. I guess I had let the more boring and serious aspects of life get in the way, If I am being truly honest then that fella who use to ride everyday in all weather, who would enter event after event, and knew how to strip and re-build a bike in jig time had faded away a good 6 or 7 years ago and had been replaced with a bit of a slob. I decided at the start of 2019 that all that was changing, I was determined to get back some of what I lost, so I set myself the goal of doing ...

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Who am I?

I consider myself a lucky bike rider, I cannot remember a time when I didn't have a bike or a place to store my bike. As a child my parents both rode bikes, so my experience of riding on the road from a young age has meant that as an adult I have the confidence to ride mostly without restriction. Working in the Active Travel sector, focusing on cycling participation - I understand that most people in Scotland don't have the background I have, they perhaps don't have access to a bike, or if they do they don't have a safe place to store it, in their childhood they maybe didn't have the experience I did, leading to then having a lack of confidence as a the main barrier to accessing cycling as an adult. The first aim of this page is to note the thoughts and experience I have when playing my part in making the world a little more accessible for people who want to cycle. That's me in the shell suit circa 1988 The second aim of this blog, is about sharing my experie...

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