{"id":876,"date":"2011-08-05T10:03:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obliquepanic.net\/?p=876"},"modified":"2022-11-06T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T19:13:19","slug":"more-poised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/biking\/more-poised\/","title":{"rendered":"More poised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve made a more poised entry to the Wee campsite number 30 in the Cool Camping book. The midges are just appearing but though it’s overcast it’s dry – well it’s not raining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Midge<\/a>\n<\/div>
I think these are designed to be worn with a hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This little site seems to attract people from all over Europe who sit on easy chairs in couples quietly reading paperbacks. The view is over a loch and there is sunlight on distant mountains but I hardly look at the view. I rode through breathtaking scenery and as I was warned you begin to take it for granted. You almost have to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met four Spanish bike riders from Spain who find Scotland to be paradise although they told me at home it was already 30 degrees and not raining. I stopped and chatted and caught them up thanks to my new found countersteering skill which zooms me around corners. I road 80 miles in vain from the Mallaig ferry only to find it was all booked up till 4:30 – this seems impossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a pretty little site with basic facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The facilities are basic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My neighbours in a huge tent are still out (luckily as it turned out). We are all a bit squashed and a man about 20 feet away continually coughs in a way that suggests he won’t be holidaying next year. Tomorrow I will make it up to the top of this beautiful country. To Durness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now a German couple drive in on vintage bikes each with a sidecar, one is a 1944 BMW! The other is a single cylinder bike (AJS I think) that sounds fantastic as it arrives. They have ridden round Iceland via Denmark on their way here and within minutes – no seconds – of efficiency have put up a big Robins tent. I am amazed. This makes me consider getting a larger tent to shelter from the rain that seems to afflict every camping trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Vintage<\/a>\n<\/div>
Beamer with sidecar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look, tent envy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another bike and their huge tent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 4 summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miles 188.7<\/td>Average speed 43.3<\/td>Max speed 88.4<\/td>Riding time 4.33<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve made a more poised entry to the Wee campsite number 30 in the Cool Camping book. The midges are just appearing but though it’s overcast it’s dry – well it’s not raining. This little site seems to attract people from all over Europe who sit on easy chairs in couples quietly reading paperbacks. The…Read more More poised<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,182],"tags":[54,126,141],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking","category-travel-uk","tag-camping","tag-scotland","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5086,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/5086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}