I should have TURNED BACK before this happened. 🏴 | S1E80

Planet Ride Stories
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Feb 17, 2026
Hunting for some off road to ride, I find exactly what I'm looking for and pay the price.
Alright, we've come to a bit of an impasse here
Uh, my
route is telling me to go that way
So, I guess I'm going to go this way and see what happens
Oh, there's a bridge over there
Yeah, I don't think I want to take my bike on that bridge
Alright, let's see how this goes
My journey began at North America's most northern drivable point
After riding through Canada and America
I've crossed over to Europe
From there, I'll make my way across Asia and down to Australia
New Zealand's southern most drivable point will mark the end of my journey
I'm calling it the big spiral
And this is Act 4
A lap of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Okay, so today
I hope, I hope it's going to be
a really good one
Um, but I'm not sure
So, I found a bunch of
kind of off road tracks in the mountains
But I also know some of them have gates on them
So, today I'd like to ride off road as much as I can
And uh
We'll see what happens
But ultimately, the plan is to get to
Inverness via Glencoe
And that'll take us back
Loch Ness
The famous loch or lake with uh
the Loch Ness monster
Alright, some gravel already
Oh, yes
Some cars parked there, I wonder if there's a gate
It's a forestry area, I believe
Oh, the gate's open, oh yes
Oh, this is amazing!
Oh, this feels so good
You, I can't tell you
Woohoo!
Yeah, these are all logging tracks
Logging roads
Alright, well this section is not a very long one
It's going to go back down to the road
Uh, but there's another one that's going to go
around the other side of this mountain
And uh, that's the one I'm a bit worried about
the gate, but
Reminds me a bit of BC with these
big logging cuts
Wow, it's pretty in here
This is so awesome!
I think the bikes running especially good
right now in the cold air
Man, this track is just
pristine, isn't it?
No rain ruts or anything
Oh, yes!
It's been too long, it's been too long
Oh, the track gets a little bit more
primitive now
I don't mind that
Gorgeous in here
Oh, yes!
Yeah, I think we're getting back
down the road here
Oh, a gate!
But I can go around this one
Perfect
Oh, there's a little side track here
I guess
Oh, ok, maybe
I'm going to go
Is this bad?
It's kind of paved
This must have been the old road
The new one's down there
Uh oh
It's maybe a bit of a walking track
now, isn't it?
It's still paved though
I wonder if I can get on the road
Oh, it's muddy
I do see other tire marks going through here, so
Oh, yeah, I can get on the road
Perfect
Look at that
Oh, you're not
so bad, Scotland!
Ok, so I think I'm
turning right here. I don't know if there's a gate
but we're going to find out
Oh, I see a gate
Yeah
Oh, there's two gates
Oh
There's like a walking path
Yeah, I can't get my
bike through that. Crap
Ok
So, I was worried about this one
but the next pass
I think somewhere in here
I might be able to get in there
Alright, we gotta
go around
This is so cool. Look at that little
village out on the water there
Oh, there's a castle there
Ok, I'm just going to ride through this town
because it's pretty rad
Inverary
Cute little town
Ok, my map says to
this building's in a roundabout
so I'm going to go around the building and then go back
Also, check out all these
British phone booths
Oh, it's a defibrillator now
That is the bridge I went over earlier
Turn left up there
This is interesting
So now we're close to that second
bit where I thought maybe we
could get off road
but we'll see
Logging, that's
probably a good sign
Oh yes
We found the dirt
Hahaha
And the gate's open
Perfect
This isn't
bad
Look at that
Wow
Alright, we've come to a bit of impasse here
My route
is telling me to go that way
Um, and that road
up that mountain there is a dead end
So, I guess I'm going to go this way and see
what happens
I'm afraid it's going to be swampy
Some rock slabs
Bit of a hill here
I think I
gotta go to the right
Alright, hopefully this goes ok
Oh, yep
Oh, there's a bridge over there
Oh, maybe I can just go this way
Yeah, I don't think I want to
take my bike on that bridge
Alright, let's see how this goes
I'm going to move the bike a bit
It's high centered
High centered on that rock
Ok
Move the back over a bit
This is a tricky one
Oh, dropped it
Whew
Maybe I should have taken that bridge
It's quite narrow though
Ok, I think I'll go to the other side
See if I can walk it up
Let's hit it again
It's quite difficult
Maybe I gotta take the case off
Let's try this again
Oh, yeah
Ok, I gotta get the case
Quite warm now
Alright, let's hit up this cobble rock
Oh, there's a bridge there
That's exactly what I needed
I think I have to get up there
It's just continually getting worse and worse
Just buried in the
in the soft mud here
You can see a path
that goes here
Oh, yeah, I gotta turn around
This is crazy
I don't know when to say no, do I?
