Lovely movie. I’ve cycled many times on Shetland, I’ve done camping the most last years. I’m mostly there during simmer dim, around the longest day in June, and there are hardly any midgets. I’ve took different types of bikes: a low riding recumbent, a mountainbike, e-bike, and recently my Brompton. I pack very lightweight and compact: whenever I’m getting tired I walk uphill as well, or put it in a bus if I want to travel at the longer distances. Hope you will go to the west side since it’s very beautiful, and the weather tends to be a little bit better. Also Foula, Fair Isle and Fetlar are magical places to stay. Enjoy life!

I just finished a cycle tour of the north from Pittulongu to Cannigioni to Alghero about 8 days and it was amazing

What a tremendous and inspiring video. Thankyou.

Great video - beautiful photography! Came across this as I was looking at doing the Badger Divide which shares some of the same trails…

Amazing trip. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! We LOVED Sardegna in 2013 on our Italian 'Giro d'Terreno'... tour of the Tyrrhenian Sea islands. I bought a Sardegna road jersey which has had lots of use in the past 10 years. We spent two weeks there; not enough but we had overstayed on Sicilia. We did not do anything like 18 days of wild camping; more like 1 night 'stealth' and three nights in camping grounds. Expensive camping, cheap hotels and a back injury put paid to the value in camping. At 4:09 - that rock verandah caught me out as, riding north, uphill into a NW gale, the wind scooping through the verandah grabbed my front wheel and panniers forcing me around in a doughnut circle on the road. Very lucky that there was no following traffic!

0:20 - Oh a square lighthouse tower! We have one of those at Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, a favourite place which I have now toured around three times in 15 years. Twice we actually stayed overnight in the lightkeeper's house, sadly no longer available as accommodation since the disastrous 2020 bushfire catastrophe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bauliKShmcuseLM

19:34 - that scene could easily be a view from the desert of outback Central Australia! Outstanding trip and a great overview of your experiences. In particular your still images are stunning. You have a great eye for framing and composition.

Great video of your riding and wonderful slideshow of images at the end. I have long dreamt of getting to the Shetlands to tour it by bicycle. 'Riders on the storm, there's a killer on the road' 🤠 Did you get caught up, called in as extras on any of the filming of 'Shetland'? 😆

Did you really do all the video with the Olympus OMD-EM1 Mk II? Even the on-bike video? That is a mighty hefty camera to be lugging about; how did you mount it for riding video shooting? I have a couple of larger cams but use the GoPro Hero 10 for on-bike riding shooting, because it is so lightweight, easier to mount, and I have a great handlebar mount for it. Heavy cams make mounting on the bike really unstable and potentially a great risk.

Fascinating to see a different take on touring Sicily. We travelled some of this area in 2013 - the reverse direction, Agrigento* to Heracle Minoa, Ribera, Sciacca, then north via Gibillini Vecchia and Calatafimi (the Greek ruins of Segesta), Mondello and Palermo. Our journey across Sicily was about 530km but we took 3 weeks to cover it and see the sights. We were planning to camp, but gave up on southern Italian camping grounds, staying in 2/3-star hotels and B&Bs instead. A shower and secure storage for our bicycles were worth the 60-70 Euro price, and we really wanted to see the medieval town centro storicos, not beach views and wild camps. Free-camping is generally looked down upon by most Italians. Your first couple of days including riding through the tunnel between Trappeto and Balustrade was a route where we took lovely local roads to avoid the Strade Statiale and that tunnel. Great video of the roads and culture. * We had previously cycled from Milazzo via Novara di Sicilia to Giardini Naxos, then after some train hops to Siracusa, rode from Modica to Ragusa Ibla, Gela and Agrigento.

Hi Steve, Trish, Great video, I had no idea you two had done this. I am doing Glasgow to Fort William on the An Turas Mor, Great North Trail next week with my brother in law! On e-bikes though and hoping for a low midge count.

Hello...excellent vids...just watched your excellent video on the Shetland isle trip you did couple years ago... As me and wife want to go backpacking there... Did you need permission ? How were the locals ? Where did you get supplies ? Sorry to ask....just info is scarce. Thankyou... Keep doing vids.

Nice video of your trip, although I did struggle to hear you talking over some of the louder music. I’ll be cycle touring up there later this year with my midge repellent! Cheers 👍

Fantastic achievement (and video). Hoping to do this myself in the not too distant future. Can I ask, did you have a time when you started riding each day and did you finish at a particular time or did you just crack on until you came to a good place to camp?

Another well shot video with great content. Thanks very much 👍

Another great video, very inspirational. I’m thinking about doing this on my gravel bike with 47mm tyres. The end music has been great on each one too, we must have similar tastes! Thanks very much 👍

Very enjoyable video 👍

Stunning video 👍

Absolutely loved that! I dream one day of a Fellkour Squad x SJCool mashup.

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Hi! I enjoyed your video very much! My wife and I do "holidays on bike with a tent" every year; we cycled along coast of Crete, Sicily, Peloponnese and we'd like to do Sardinia soon. Thanks and regards from Poland!

great video. well done, fantastic trip

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Cooling - thanks so much for your efforts to share your adventures with us. During Covid19 lockdown here in Toronto, I just bought a spin bike, found no value in the spin classes and happened on virtual bike trips on youtube. I had wanted to be biking in Italy and so started with your Sardinia tour. Now I've done all four. Think of the carbon footprint In I saved by not flying and all the time and money for the trips. I've started with 15 min spins just before my evening sauna and your 15 minute edited trips fit perfectly. Now I'll find some ocean wave sounds on youtube as I go to sleep and pretend I'm in my tent somewhere on the North Points trip. Thank you.

loved the use of Riders of the storm, made me smile. Damn midgies, well done surviving those without going mad😅

Nice one. I start walking next week from Newcastle up and had doubts if I would do Shetland as well. But this seems a nice invitation....but have to see Ferry schedules etc later in the trip. I walk with my Walkingtrailer but often use cycle info for my trips

Great adventure! Greetings from the tropics!

Very enjoyable video. Sardinia looks amazing and obviously you picked a quieter time of year in October. Loved seeing your wild-camp locations, and nice that you included a map of your route. You've inspired us to put Sardinia high on our priority list of places we want to cycle when we can get back to Europe! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your journey video, a road less travel I see. Corsica connected to Sardinia Island are on my itinerary touring next August 2021.

I clicked 'Like' but I hate midges! Some scenes in this were hideous & terrifying - and well worth seeing

Goodness! Those were challenging conditions! At age 60 we are soon to embark on our first cycle tour. 6 days in the saddle, carrying camping gear, and hoping to avoid prolonged heavy rain. 🤣

Brilliant video and photos its like medicine. Thanks for sharing stay safe.

It's "The Mainland" not "Mainland". If you're on an outer isle in Shetland you speak about "going to the mainland".

What a beautiful island and fantastic ride. Thanks for sharing, you have put Sardinia on our map to check out when we get back in Europe next year.

nice video!! im planning a trip like this and i want to know where do you buy the gas bottle to prepare hot meals or water.

Really enjoyed the vid! I’ve done something like 80% of this, either by bike or on foot over my time up in Scotland, but the concept of a continuous route like you did is very appealing. I’ve already got the maps out!

Thanks for sharing your experiences! You are a strong pair of riders! I do bikepacking but at my age I am always looking for the right balance of challenge and comfort! Looks like a lot of rain and bugs! Could you do something like this but stay most nights in a B&B?

Looks good! I want to do some bike touring in the Shetlands. Would you say it’s do-able on a road bike or would hybrid tires need to be fitted? For supplies such as fresh water / food where did you buy / get them in the very rural areas?! Was it easy to navigate with a map or were there many side roads that weren’t plotted on the map? For camping did you ever get questions from landowners or did you just camp responsibly (i.e take your runbish etc!) over all it looked like a great trip!

Jolly good. Rather a fine advert for Shetland (not so much the midge part perhaps). Somewhat eerily, I've listened to both Riders on the Storm and the Moby track in the last 2-3 days.

Bikepacking.. cute! The terrain looks so remote...Safe!

Great video as inspiration during these darker months. I had almost written off Mallorca as a future touring destination, due to the lack of campgrounds. But after watching your video I've changed my mind. Looked like you found some terrific wild camp sites. Thanks for sharing your adventure!

I plan on doing something similar in September. You covered a lot of ground!

Looks a great trip thanks for sharing .

Hey dude, ride looks great. I don't suppose you've got a route for what you did do you? Cheers

Lovely record of the trip!