Can’t beat heading into the hills on the bike to clear the head, fortunately very convenient for myself living only a few miles before I was into the Galloway hills, this was one of fav bivvy spots, 1000ft up overlooking Clatteringshaws, it’s one of the Dark Sky parks so fantastic for viewing the stars…..and sunsets.
My last bike packing weekend trip in 2015 that I managed before SPMS robbed me of the opportunity, the climb to my bivvying spot used to take me 50 minutes but that was in peak fitness back in 2005, my garmin data showed that it took nearly 3 hours for this trip but I was rewarded with the most perfect weather and night skies in the peak of summer, quite a memory to hold onto.
Another favourite spot was up at Loch Einich in the Cairngorms, very scenic 15mile ride in with a few killer climbs but so worth it, very isolated and not a place to get caught out in so needs careful planning regarding possible extreme weather.
As for coffee?, I preferred going simple with a MSR Titan kettle/tiny Optimus stove and small gas cylinder and ground coffee, old style brewed in stove cowboy style.
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