Nice morning for a gentle drift up the glen on my bike; unfortunately when you drift up it usually means there's a wind behind you and you have to battle all the way back down. Carradale is not a cyclists' paradise. Too many steep hills in and out of the village. However cycling through the estate and down to the bay is a nice lazy way to spend your days, and some of our adventurous visitors whizz off across forest roads to Tayinloan or down to the Mull. We are officially on National Cycling Route no 73 , but it slightly lost it's point when the ferry to Ireland stopped.