Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    From the Mull to the Cape: A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness
    Unavailable
    From the Mull to the Cape: A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness
    Unavailable
    From the Mull to the Cape: A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness
    Ebook271 pages5 hours

    From the Mull to the Cape: A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness

    By Richard Guise

    3/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Midges like damp areas, low sunlight, no wind and dark clothes (to land on, not to wear). So your best bet for a midge-free, summer Highland holiday is to don a white robe and take a packet of porridge to, say, Ethiopia at midday.'

    Like many middle-aged baby-boomers, Richard Guise yearned to take on a physical challenge before he reached the age where walking across the kitchen would fall into that category. This is the tale of his 600-mile, 16-day bike ride through the Highlands of Scotland, from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to Cape Wrath in the north, taking in long sections of the dramatically beautiful west coast along the way.

    Guise fills us in on the history and geography of this unique part of Britain, often taking a wry view at odds with the traditional guidebooks. He is the classic observant outsider, picking up on the oddity and beauty that locals or tourists might not see and telling it all with gentle humour – even amid severe bouts of traditional Highland weather.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateJul 7, 2008
    ISBN9780857654113
    Unavailable
    From the Mull to the Cape: A Gentle Bike Ride on the Edge of Wilderness
    Author

    Richard Guise

    Richard Guise is based in Quorn, Leicestershire and spends part of the year in Girona, Spain. He has self-published three books: Neddytown, Lead Us Not into Trent Station and The Limerick Gazetteer of Europe.

    Related to From the Mull to the Cape

    Related ebooks

    Europe Travel For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Steam In Two Polands

      Feb 7, 2022

      Steam In Two Polands
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Sunken White Elephant

      Jan 21, 2020

      THERE’S a brilliant documentary by Werner Herzog, called Encounters at the End of the World. This beautifully filmed expedition essentially explores not only Antarctica, but also the people who live and work there. They’re a fascinating bunch of pers

      3 min read

    • Article

      “In China, The Fear Of Chaos And The Desire For Order Come First”

      Jul 8, 2021

      MICHAEL WOOD ON… UNDERSTANDING THE “CHINESE WAY” This summer, China is on everyone’s radar. News reports and water-cooler conversations cover Hong Kong, AI, Taiwan and the human rights situation in Xinjiang. President Biden visited Europe and Britain

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Village In The Third Reich

      Oct 6, 2022

      Author: Julia Boyd and Angelika Patel Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited Price: £10.99 Released: 6 October A Village in the Third Reich, by Julia Boyd and Angelika Patel, takes readers back in time to the village of Oberstdorf, high in the Bavaria

      1 min read

    • Article

      Hail Harry!

      Oct 12, 2023

      Hail Harry!
      3 min read

    • Article

      Roger's PROFANISAURUS

      Feb 4, 2021

      profanisaurus@viz.co.uk AA-lister n. An alcoholic celebrity. attention all shipping exclam. An urgent gale warning issued prior to a passage of potentially harmful wind. See also and now for something completely different; and Bully’s special prize…;

      7 min read

    • Article

      BMW’s Forgotten Gem R80ST

      Jan 24, 2022

      BMW’s Forgotten Gem R80ST
      6 min read

    • Article

      KING Of The Isle

      Nov 3, 2023

      KING Of The Isle
      3 min read

    • Article

      World of Echo

      Jun 17, 2021

      World of Echo
      2 min read

    • Article

      Triumph And Tragedy

      May 13, 2021

      There has been a flurry of books in recent years about the female agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), including multiple biographies of Noor Inayat Khan, Christine Granville (Krystyna Skarbek) and Virginia Hall. There have also been a n

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Country That Went To The Wall

      Apr 27, 2023

      I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH the twilight years of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). As a Financial Times correspondent, based in Bonn, I made many trips to East Germany in 1988 and even more in 1989 as the Wall crumbled. It was easy, then, to pit

      4 min read

    • Article

      Olly Goes To Hollywood

      Dec 15, 2021

      Olly Goes To Hollywood
      5 min read

    • Article

      IAIN MacGREGOR

      Oct 10, 2019

      IAIN MacGREGOR
      3 min read

    • Article

      Operation Mincemeat (12a)

      Dec 15, 2021

      Oldie readers will know the familiar, gripping story of Operation Mincemeat – what Hugh Trevor-Roper called ‘the most spectacular single episode in the history of deception’. In 1943, British intelligence came up with the brilliant idea of taking the

      2 min read

    • Article

      Central Intelligence

      Apr 13, 2023

      Exactly where and what is central Europe? In his new book, Martyn Rady takes a fluid, pragmatic approach to this subject, wandering many byways around the core area of the Holy Roman Empire and neighbouring territories. He aims to show the region’s d

      2 min read

    • Article

      Hidden Histories

      Nov 25, 2021

      Edgar Mittelholzer was a Guyanese novelist who should be remembered not just for the quality of his writing, but as the earliest recorded writer from the Caribbean to make his living from the profession. I studied Caribbean literature at university,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Women Behind ' The Few ' Waaf

      Mar 16, 2023

      Women Behind ' The Few ' Waaf
      13 min read

    • Article

      Chandwell

      Jun 15, 2023

      Chandwell
      7 min read

    • Article

      North Coast 500

      Apr 30, 2020

      North Coast 500
      5 min read

    Reviews for From the Mull to the Cape

    3/5

    4 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      While the route the author takes its interesting and his observations peppered with historical information, his tone is supercilious and annoying.