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Alpacka Ghost spotted at Loch Avon. Cairngorms

Posted on August 29, 2015May 6, 2016 Richard2 CommentsPosted in cairngorms, ghost, Loch avon

When the Ghost first appeared, I instantly wrote it off for anything that I would want to do! More fool bloody me is what I say to that. The Alpacka ghost tips the scales at 730grams and will fit in your back pocket, pair this with Alpackas trekking pole paddle combo and you have a […]

A week of pushing my bike up big bloody mountains part 1

Posted on April 8, 2012April 23, 2016 RichardLeave a commentPosted in adventures, Alpacka, backcountrybiking, bikepacking, biking, cairngorms, knoydart, moonlander, mountainbiking, Packrafting, pugsley, revelate design, Scotland, singletrack Cairngorms, Surly

It’s been just about a year since we went to Knoydart. You may think that it’s taken me a while to get over it, but no, I’ve just had other stuff on. It was probably the hardest 5 days I’ve spent on/beside/underneath a bicycle. During the the “planning” phase we were all giddy with ideas: “What if […]