^^^^^^This.Canada.
The last time I was there (2010) I visited the Rocky mountains but didn't have a bike.
I would love to cycle some of the trails there, or at least try!
Edited to add that I wasn't in the best shape health wise, so I'd love to give it a go now!
Although Canada would be my ideal place, I do love the Highlands, and for the first time, will be taking my MTB with me on holiday in June. To say I am is an understatement! I have so much beautiful scenery on my doorstep!I am not that interested in going to obscure places, and with my gammy leg I really don't fancy long flights so spectacular european cycling would do me - big mountains in the Alps, Pyrenees and Dolomites would be high up on my list, with whatever nice valleys, plains etc. I needed to cross to get between them.
TBH, there is enough great cycling in the UK that it would take years to do it all so I would like to spend years trying.
The biggest concern would be the weather. I want to cycle in nice warm, sunny conditions, with just cooling breezes. 18-25 degrees C is fine by me.
So ... I would like flexibility in when I took that month, and do it when I spotted a stable period of good weather to ride in.
Indeed. I am genetically a half-Highlander! My mum was born near Oban and her side of the family still live up there. I am going up to visit them with my sisters in the autumn and will either take one of my bikes or borrow one from a second cousin.Although Canada would be my ideal place, I do love the Highlands, and for the first time, will be taking my MTB with me on holiday in June. To say I am is an understatement! I have so much beautiful scenery on my doorstep!
We are having our third trip to Morayshire, staying in Nairn. My son has autism and it's his holiday (paid for by a charity), so he gets to choose basically! He loves it up there - we stay in a luxury caravan right next to the sand dunes (he loves the beach!) and he loves visiting all the Historic Scotland properties up there, and dolphin watching and.....you get the idea!Indeed. I am genetically a half-Highlander! My mum was born near Oban and her side of the family still live up there. I am going up to visit them with my sisters in the autumn and will either take one of my bikes or borrow one from a second cousin.
Yes, it's hit and miss! We just find other things to do - the indoor pool, museums and properties etc, but I'd rather be on my bikeMy comment about the weather particularly applies to the Highlands!
I remember spending one glorious summer up there as a child when we had blue skies every day.
One miserable year, it poured every day for 6 weeks!