Listening Entertainment

I can tune into local Gaelic broadcasts on the stream at  Radio nan Gàidheal, which might be fun for music, and to listen to local presenters (without much comprehension on my part).

Also, I can tune into the live stream at BBC Radio Scotland 

I have captured some previous BBC over the air recordings, plus some albums and mixes (all for my own personal use) that I can enjoy from my mobile with earbuds (I don't want to disturb others at my rest stops):

• Amy MacDonald  -This Is The Life 
• Angle's Share
• BBC Scotland Saturday Show 
• Dick Gaughan Handful of Earth
• Flower of Scotland - The Corries 
• Ian Smith and his Scottish Dance Band
• Jim Moray - Gallants
• Julie Fowlis - Gach Sgeul (Every Story)
• Peat Fire Flame - The Corries  
• Radio nan Gàidheal (several programs, such as A' Mire ri Mòir, hosted by hosted by broadcaster Morag MacDonald)
• Roddy Hart on BBC Scotland (several Mixtape A ad B programs)  
• Scots Wha Hae
• Scottish Folk - Border Lands
• Scottish Love Stories
• The Corries - Shuffle   
• GaberLunzie: The Definitive Collection
• The Quay Sessions BBC Scotland (several programs)
• Traditional Scottish Instrumentals 
• Travelling Folk with Wayward Jane 

Can't take a train? Cycle Instead!

Updated plan ... 

I tried to book a ScotRail trip from Pitlochry to Sterling, but learned that there are only 2 or 3 berths for bicycles on each train, and no more bicycle reservations are available on any train on the day I planned to travel. So, I will ride back from Pitlochry to Sterling in one day, and then on to Glasgow the next. 

Overnight in Sterling at the Scottish Youth Hostel (for which being young is not a requirement). Last time I stayed in a youth hostel while biking was on my 1979 cross country (USA) tour.

I thought taking the train would be as easy as this:

Cycling Tourists, 1950's

or this

Cyclists Special, a short film about cycle touring in the UK, 1955

Here's the updated itinerary as of June 16, 2026:

Trip Day	Activity	Biking Miles
0	Fly from BOS to GLA BA238 7:25am	0
1	Bike to Callander from GearBikes Rental in Glasgow. Hotel in Callander	38
2	Loop - Callander to Loch Katrine. Hotel in Callander	48
3	Bike from Callander to Killin. Hotel in Killin.	25
4	Bike from Killin to Aberfeldy. Hotel in Aberfeldy	25
5	Bike from Aberfeldy to Pitlochry. Hotel in Pitlochry	16
6	Loop - Loch Tummel Circuit & River Garry to Blaire Castle, Hotel in Pitlochry	45
7	Loop - Whitefield Castle. Hotel in Pitlochry	33
8	Cycle to Stirling. Stay at the Sterling Youth Hostel.	62
9	Cycle to Glasgow via Tak-Ma-Doon Rd and the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. Stay at hotel in  Glasgow	40
10	Day in Glascow (wee short ride?) Fly GLA to Boston 7:45pm BA1491	30
11	Arrive Boston 12:35 pm, cycle home from Logan (leave 3 Speed Phillips bicycle at Terminal A at Logan). Enter Gloucester during the last day of St Peter's Fiesta	40
	Total Miles	402