{"id":3818,"date":"2023-06-19T13:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/06\/19\/from-a-monty-python-castle-to-positively-caribbean-beaches-exploring-scotlands\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:35:13","slug":"from-a-monty-python-castle-to-positively-caribbean-beaches-exploring-scotlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/from-a-monty-python-castle-to-positively-caribbean-beaches-exploring-scotlands\/","title":{"rendered":"From a Monty Python castle to ‘positively Caribbean’ beaches: Exploring Scotland’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Argyll and the Isles \u2014 close to Glasgow<\/a> \u2014 are marketed as Scotland’s ‘adventure coast’<\/a>, and I recently saw them up close and personal with a folding bike, a bus, and a bunch of ferry tickets.<\/p>\n I was following cycling routes devised by a German guy who so fell in love with Scotland he moved there. Eighteen years later, he now writes books and shoots videos<\/a> of his adventures showing the world why this part of Scotland is heaven for those who love travel \u2014 and gravel. He’s a big fan of the relatively new category of bicycle built for adventure called the gravel bike<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘A gravel bike is somewhere between a road bike and a mountain bike,’ Markus Stitz told me.<\/p>\n In other words, a gravel bike is good on both dirt and asphalt.<\/p>\n ‘You can ride them from your front door. They’ll get you almost anywhere,’ he added.<\/p>\n