Packing

We are sitting going through our route plans and changing some of the days we had planned depending on where there are campsites – although we may wild camp some days in Scotland .

It feels rather bizarre that we can look on google streetview and see what it will be like before we even leave home, although on Shetland Google cannot give you the full effect of the wind

We have booked some campsites and people have been very welcoming

There are piles of STUFF on the carpet and six rather small panniers that it all needs to go into, endless decisions about how many warm clothes to take and whether we take one spoon or two- cycle camping makes you very aware of how much things weigh and whether really you could manage without