Radio Entertainment

I've decide to bring along a light, small, portable, rechargeable, splashproof  combination Blue Tooth Speaker / FM radio receiver / TF card MP3 player to tune into local broadcasts at times (perhaps during an afternoon picnic along the road, or in the evenings). Although I'll have my Android phone and a Chromebook, I think I'll enjoy the over-the-air broadcast experience. 

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

BBC Scotland (FM)

• Milngavie/Stirling: 94.7 MHz
• Callander/Strathyre: 92.8 MHz
• Killin/Perthshire: 93.7 / 94.1 MHz

BBC Scotland Radio nan Gàidheal: 103.5 – 105 MHz

In case reception is poor, on the TF Card I have loaded some previous BBC over the air recordings, plus some albums and mixes (all for my own personal use) , including:

• 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)
• Roddy Hart BBC Scotland (several 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:

Trip Day	Activity	Biking Miles
0	Fly from BOS to GLA	0
1	Bike to Callander from Gear Bikes 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	Formal Trip over. Cycle to Stirling. Stay at the Sterling Youth Hostel.	77
9	Cycle to Glasgow via Tak-Ma-Doon Rd. Stay at SafeStay 27 Elmbank St, Glasgow	30
10	Day in Glascow , Fly GLA to Boston	?
11	Arrive Boston
		337