Before Scotland buggers off.... Chuckle
who knows who knows.
Ya, that 500 looks neat. I once looked at the distances between towns, and not being on a road bike I figured I might have to wild camp in places. The lejog could be fun too, but again, I know my speeds and reasonable distances with up and downs, so would not be that fast.... Who knows, maybe one day...
wild camping is legal in Scotland, so that's not a problem. On my first bikepacking trip down to Cornwall, we came across a woman cycling LEJOG unsupported. I think she took about 6 or 7 weeks in the end to make the trip. She was using a mix of camping and accommodation, and was covering 30ish miles a day. We learnt our 90-100 miles a day was ambitious. While we made the mileage each day, we underestimated how much climbing on "loaded" (our bikes still weighed only around 15kgs) would slow us down. Devon and Cornwall are hilly, and I had a 34-28 (my gravel bike has much lower gearing, and is about to get lower). It was a fun trip, and we had a blast. But we learnt a lot about what to do and not to do (our Wales trip will have half the mileage. We're going to stop and enjoy the scenery, do some exploring, etc)