
STORIES IN SCOTLAND
Day 1




Day 2




Day 3




STORIES IN SCOTLAND
Day 1
Day 2




Day 3




STORIES IN SCOTLAND
Day 1



With all the hopes and expectations of our team and supporters, the cycling tour was started at the Hong Kong airport on 18 of June. It was a quite long flight about 14 hours and most of us had never had this sort of experience. Then the time was urgent between two flights, flight to London and to Edinburgh, because of the delay of the first flight. Generally, the whole process that could be described as safe and progressive, meant a good start of the tour.With all the hopes and expectations of our team and supporters, the cycling tour was started at the Hong Kong airport on 18 of June. It was a quite long flight about 14 hours and most of us had never had this sort of experience. Then the time was urgent between two flights, flight to London and to Edinburgh, because of the delay of the first flight. Generally, the whole process that could be described as safe and progressive, meant a good start of the tour.
Day 2


Met with Napier University's Professors


After, arriving at Edinburgh we visited Napier University with the guide of two business professors, who took us around the business campus and had a seminar with us about our cycling tour, local cultures and future plan. From this visit, the good academic cooperation between UK and HK can be saw and we had felt the practical attitude from the assiduous atmosphere. Then in the afternoon, we went to visit the university of Edinburgh and the downtown around it. Meaningful experiences about education were carried out by that day and hospitalities from the students can clearly be felt. Fortunately, the jet lag was not seriously influencing us.
Day 3




Today, we began at the national museum of Scotland in the morning. Many kinds of collections from all over the world are in the little museum. The architecture of the inner museum and the setting are very appealing. From here many Scottish histories can be found. After that we took the train from Edinburgh via Carlisle to Dumfries. On the gentle afternoon, we met Esther and Warren at Galloway cycling shop. Each of us had got the bike suitable and ready to cycle tomorrow. Then we wondered along river beside the town and backed to childhood in mini park with many funny facilities. By past the 6 o’clock, people are rarely sawon streets, that is quite different from Hong Kong.
Day 4
Cycling Distance: 20 miles
Accumulated distance: 20miles






We started cycling on road today! From Dumfries to Castle Douglas we experienced hundreds of rolling hills that are common in the next of few days. We are feeling confident mentally and physically, if we were not being on that road. An ache started to come out from legs when we continued to ride with efforts. Only looking at the distance, 20 miles, you will not feel there is great difficulties to finish it, but as you actually ride on road, that is totally different. Generally, the landscape of national cycling road is very wonderful and cows or sheep can be easily spotted.
Day 5
Cycling Distance: 19 miles
Accumulated distance: 39 miles






Today we continued chasing our distance by touring around Castle Douglas. Before, downing to Palnackie we visited Threave Garden, that is containing many kinds of plants and some handmade gifts shops. Then, we had lunch, that is flavourful soup with bread, in the restaurant located in Palnackie. We finished today’s tour backing to Castle Douglas via Dalbeattie. From the terrain we can see the height is about half less than yesterday, that gives a period for us to relax muscles.
Day 6
Cycling Distance: 9.3 miles
Accumulated distance: 48.3 miles






Cycling 9.3 miles away from Castle Douglas then we arrived at Kirkcudbright. In the central of Kirkcudbright, we had the chance to visit a local farmers’ market, which is consisted of several Scottish food, drinks and dessert shop tents. The old gentleman we meeting in that was so generous when he decided to give us 18 pies for free. That kind of sincere hospitality really shocked and moved us. We finished the day by visiting the local art museum. In the afternoon, we met Chris, the owner of the Selkirk Arms Hotel. The chefs helped us reheat the pies and made us a delicious tomato soup. Thanks to people. who we met at Kirkcudbright, had given us a nice day.
Day 7
Cycling Distance: 12 miles
Accumulated distance: 60.3 miles






Today we were invented by Solway Coastwise coastal ranger Nic Coombey to do a beach clean at Brighouse Bay with Warren. We cycled for 6 miles and reached our distination at noon. After a qiuck simple lunch, our work began. Totoly 19 people work for about 3 hour, gather about 12 package of the rubbish included platic bottles and cases, dobbers, hemp rope. We gussed that the reason why the beach was covered by these trash is that this This is where the rivers meet and rivers bring the bottles to the beach. Everthing human beings litter to the nature will exsit someplace. What we do today is trying to remedy.
Day 8
Cycling Distance: 21.6 miles
Accumulated distance: 81.9 miles






Before dawn, we group a team to visit a forest near the town to appreciate the stars but the practice is that we realize that light is so important for our human. The truth was that the sky in the Scottish summer is too light to watch the stars but enough for us to trap in the dark. Because of the activity, we started our tour a little bit late than the other day. Maybe because of the bad rest in the last day night, the journey is not so ideal. Our team was divided into two-part when we cycled through a sharp bend and one was cycled in wrong way……
In conclusion, the main impression was that what a tired day rather than beautiful cattle and beach.
Day 9
Cycling Distance: 33.2 miles
Accumulated distance: 115.1miles





Time went so fast, there were only three days left, today we should leave Kirkcudbright back to Castle Douglas where we rent our bikes. Today, we cycled for totally 31 miles, it was the longest train in our 13 days tour. When we arrived at our hostel, everyone is too tired to do anything. We need a break.
Day 11
Cycling Distance: 21.8 miles
Accumulated distance: 136.9miles






After a whole day to adjust ourselves and break, we began our last day for cycling. Today we cycled to Lockerbie, but the laughable irony was that we left our coach behind during the final round to Lockerbie, we were all quite amused about it. I remember we stopped at Castle Loch (a lake), we took a rest and laid on a jetty and enjoyed the vast body of water with swans swimming. However, in the way back to our hostel, we used a new inner tube to recover the bike which had tire punctured depending on our teamwork. The last and most forgettable cycling day.
Day 12


