Cairngorms Loop :: Day 5 :: Closing the loop

[@daveblogs5019]

Hi From Ireland..what a fantastic adventure.we really enjoyed it .. We salut you 👍👍👍🚲🚲🍺🍺

[@JethroJessop]

Hi right back! I'm glad you enjoyed watching along. It was certainly a great ride and one to remember for sure.

[@ianclements4268]

Loved this what a great route well done both of you enjoyed watching 👌

[@JethroJessop]

It was an amazing ride, I can highly recommend adventures in that part of the world! I'm glad you enjoyed watching along.

[@Buszkraftowski]

Nice tour. Thx for sharing. Greetings from Poland.

[@JethroJessop]

Greetings to you. Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was an amazing ride!

[@Alan_s_Channel]

A splendid adventure indeed. Well done to the both of you. You guys cycled some mega terrain

[@JethroJessop]

We did indeed. Your absence was keenly felt among the troops!

[@ronaldpacanowski1517]

Thanks for spending the time and effort to produce a very entertaining video documenting your exploits as adventurers in the Cairngorm region. A+

[@JethroJessop]

It was my absolute pleasure, thanks for watching along 😃 Not sure what is coming next but hopefully it will be just as entertaining!

[@man.bike.camp.4409]

I love a Bombay bad Boy Pot Noodle! That was a great trip. Shame it's over.

[@JethroJessop]

I haven't had one for years but I was always a chicken and mushroom fan back in the day. Hopefully there will be another trip soon. No solid plans as yet but something normally comes along 😉

[@seanymcd81]

those trails are sweet ,the reflection of the mountains in the lake are unreal

[@JethroJessop]

I took so many pictures of the reflections in the Loch but none really did it justice. It was indeed a great trail and a great way to end a great ride! Bring on the next one!

[@tonypaddler]

I had to rewind that scene, simply awesome!

[@JethroJessop]

@@tonypaddler it was an amazing spot for sure

[@huttone]

excellent as usual!

[@JethroJessop]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😃

[@Brackers64]

Scotland has some real beauty, a cracking loop Jethro. Thanks for sharing this adventure. Bob...

[@JethroJessop]

Thanks for watching along, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@tonypaddler]

Beautiful footage Jethro and yes, you did do the scenery justice with your filming. Thanks very much for that great series of videos 👍

[@JethroJessop]

I'm glad you approve 😃 Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@jamesherd9132]

Thanks Jethro Glad you liked Scotland Loved your Video.

[@JethroJessop]

I loved Scotland. I hope I can do more riding there again in the future!

[@JulesDeaAquam]

Amazing reflections in the loch at the start of that vlog. Thanks for sharing your adventures x

[@JethroJessop]

That was a great view! We stopped and stared at that one for a good long while!

[@grahamhaines9931]

Great collection of videos detailing the Cairngorm loop(s). I have seen quite a few and I must agree the inner loop is non starter unless you are a masochist! I’ve done a fair bit of it on foot and by bike over the years and I’m hoping to get up there this autumn and give it a go. I also plan to add an additional day in, by going via Ballater and then coming up Glen Muick and over to Balmoral before cutting through the estate to Braemar (effectively missing out the Cullardoch climb in favour of the extra day). As always, Thanks for sharing.

[@JethroJessop]

Thanks for watching. It is nice to say you have ticked off a named route but it isn't worth suffering for. I'm a big fan riding your own ride and if that means making edits to a route then so be it. I hope you have a great trip and that the weather is even half as kind to you as it was to us!

[@Mister_G]

Thank you for the videos, and congratulations on the trip. I liked your poetic summary at the end.

[@JethroJessop]

Glad you found it poetic. I always worry that my pieces to camera come across as more... rambling 😉

[@Mister_G]

@@JethroJessop Definitely more on the poetic side in this case (IMHO, obviously! 🙃)

[@JethroJessop]

@@Mister_G I'll take your opinion as the gospel truth 😉

[@MrPrajnaeld]

Beautiful Jethro 💚 I just wish it was me on the harmonica😍😂

[@JethroJessop]

Thanks. I can't remember who i used in the soundtrack for this one. There should be details in the description of such details exist.

[@Curlew-Corner]

Thanks. Super series of a great ride.

[@JethroJessop]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was certainly a great trip!

[@oheso]

Thank you for a much-needed palette cleanser after some other videos I've been subjecting myself today. It looks like a really lovely time, precipitation and bogs notwithstanding. (You never did get Woody to shut up, did you ... )

[@JethroJessop]

What have you been watching? Or shouldn't I ask? 😉 Glad I could offer some respite!

[@oheso]

@@JethroJessop More of the usual gotta-be-in-your-face-personality cycling content

[@JethroJessop]

@@oheso ah yeah, I know the stuff. Variety is the spice of life right? A bit of that, then a bit of me going on about clouds or something. That's balance 😉

[@oheso]

@@JethroJessop Zackly!

[@dave300m7]

A cracking set of videos, really great route and filming. Slightly disappointed by the lack of Troll action, but apart from that 10 out of 10 😀

[@caz-nbgalatea1528]

What a great trip and scenery is beautiful.

[@JethroJessop]

It really was a good one. A fantastic part of the world that I hope to get back to again!

[@AVFTSCycling]

Really enjoyed the Cairngorms videos Jethro! What do you have planned next?

[@JethroJessop]

Nothing solid planned yet sadly. I very much hope I can get something in before autumn starts setting in but we shall see. Once I do, you will know about it 😉

[@Gazzaivey]

brilliant video - as always - the inner loop looked totally draining . i really can't manage those non-stop boggy routes . thanks again . Gazza

[@JethroJessop]

It was hard but the weather and the views did a good job of distracting from the slog. We managed to peddle most of it so the boggy parts were just added spice really 😉

[@bigtalljohnny1]

Cracking video, glad you had a good time, made me laugh when you said no more river crossings. Haven't been darn sarf to the cairngorm this year, went up north instead for my own little adventure with a more ride/less hike a bike. Its on my channel.

[@JethroJessop]

I wish I could ride the area more but for me it is very much "up north". It was a 9 hour drive each way! Well worth it though!

[@penny6658]

Really loved this little series. Thank you for sharing the ride - fabulous scenery despite the wet days and the boggy bits! You never did manage to stop Woody from chatting non-stop did you? 😂😂 Seriously though - he looks like good company for an adventure like that.

[@JethroJessop]

It's a weird thing talking to camera. It took me a long time to get comfy with it and I'd never want to inflict it on anyone who wasn't up for it. I try very hard to make sure the rides are all about the ride and not about making a video so the chat happens when it happens. Think I got woodie hooked though. He's already said he's ready for another!

[@jonmarshall1502]

I’ve started watching more and more videos like this and it fills me with me with a sense of adventure to try it when life returns to normal. But I have a question, after you have finished these epic adventures do you have any sense of feeling “down” because it’s finished? Or does the “high” remain? Thinking and planning the next adventure?

[@JethroJessop]

Sometimes there is a post ride slump. Especially after longer rides of several weeks or more or after rides that have taken a lot of planning. It depends what you are coming back to as well. If the ride is over and that's it, no chance of another for a year then you might feel worse than if you can come back and immediately start planning the next one (this is my preferred cure)

[@mildthing]

You guys need to plant some damn trees lol. That amazing landscape is so different from mine here in southwestern Pennsylvania. Wow. Thanks for this video! And did you say Avonmore!??? That's so funny, given my comment, cuz I live near a town called Avonmore.

[@Neil.C57510]

It's spelt Aviemore.

[@JethroJessop]

It is pretty bare in many places. I think it's a very manmade landscape after centuries of management. In lots of places they are starting to replant native trees but it's a big job that involves a lot of fencing and control of deer. The town we started and ended at is called Aviemore. It's a great base for any adventures in the area

[@notquiteultralight1701]

As a ddhammocks hammock camper, I couldn’t agree more!!😅

[@JethroJessop]

@@notquiteultralight1701 you could do a hammock trip round there but you'd have to plan your route pretty carefully beforehand. I've yet to try sleeping in a hammock. I'd like to give it a go but I don't think it would be for me.

[@6yjjk]

@@JethroJessop I bought a Tentsile Una based on your review (and using your code); I've been very happy with it.

[@kevindean9613]

Great video , It looks like you took a van ,How would you compare it to the train ? I'm starting to dislike driving plus having to come across from the Isle of Wight it was £190 for a return .

[@JethroJessop]

We wanted to take the sleeper train but it would have been quite a lot more expensive and would have meant both of us getting to London which is a mission in itself. Then the dates we wanted were requiring bikes to be dismantled and bagged and it was just all too much. I would always travel by train as my first choice but it is always so expensive and a hassle with a bike. It's a great pity and a missed opportunity I think.

[@kevindean9613]

@@JethroJessop It looks like I'd have to go via London to get most places & get from Waterloo to Liverpool st within a certain amount of time , I'll compare the prices to the car ferry etc .plus I guess you can chill out more on the train .

[@martinashwell]

@@kevindean9613 there is a daily direct train from Kings Cross to Aviemore which takes about seven or eight hours. Like most UK trains bike spaces are limited and I have heard (but don’t know for sure) that the bike spaces on the Azuma trains aren’t the best design, especially for bikes with large width tyres. Nice train journey though from a scenery point of view north of Newcastle

[@JethroJessop]

@@kevindean9613 if you can spring for a bed on the sleeper it is the absolute best way to ge to Scotland. Drops off in all the right places and usually has good bike spaces. It isn't cheap though. Getting a seat only ticket is much more affordable but not very comfy.

[@stephenm8270]

false advertising.......not the cairngorms loop !

[@JethroJessop]

We deviated a bit the day before but this portion was legit. At least it was according to the route I had