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Two brothers set off on their first bikepacking adventure, riding through the Highlands in search of the Loch Ness Monster. This lighthearted short captures the excitement of exploring Scotland’s wild places and the joy of a first big adventure.
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00:05Life is busy with schools, chores and spelling tests.
00:11Why does five adults need to even do fair spelling tests?
00:15It's crazy!
00:17And also too much iPad.
00:23But we love iPad.
00:25No, we meant to say we don't like it.
00:27We really need an adventure and do something difficult.
00:32Really difficult.
00:35Gigantimax difficult.
00:37We're going through the Loch Ness Monster.
00:49Cycling is so much fun but Scotland is really far away.
00:54But if you want to succeed, you have to start.
01:01Don't think about the big picture.
01:04It's all about baby steps.
01:07Or baby pedals.
01:11We seem to have discovered Scotland was really hairy.
01:17It felt like we were climbing Mount Everest.
01:20And I didn't have any gears.
01:22It's so steep!
01:25Even though it was really tough, we didn't get a bug.
01:33So many puddles!
01:36Every puddle might be a tiny Loch Ness with its own monster.
01:45We did lots of cycling.
01:47Also lots of exploring.
01:51Look out there!
01:54It's the best day ever!
01:56Life is about the journey but not the destination.
02:01Unless the destination is Loch Ness.
02:04Then it's four speed ahead!
02:06Jump!
02:06The trees sound like they were whispering lots of secrets.
02:13We cycled some more.
02:15Stopped some more.
02:17Cycled some more.
02:19Yeah, even more cycling.
02:23Then it was time to camp.
02:26The tent was really, really tricky.
02:30I don't know.
02:32Can someone make a child friendly tent please?
02:37We got it up eventually and made some yummy dinner.
02:46Then it rained again.
02:48Then we played in the tent a lot.
02:50And we played Cat Scratch.
02:54The next day we were epic because there were no veggies.
02:58Silly veggies.
03:00I think the Loch Ness monster likes playing for kids.
03:05Loch Ness monster!
03:07They're having a great adventure.
03:10It's raining.
03:11Really raining.
03:12After cycling a million miles probably, we knew we were really, really close.
03:19Then we got to Loch Ness.
03:23In the words of Huckleberry Finn, the average man don't like trouble and danger.
03:29But we do like trouble and danger, don't we, Martha?
03:35To all the mom and dads, kids want to do hard stuff.
03:38So letters.
03:39Yeah, letters!
03:44So did you find the Loch Ness monster at the end?
03:46Yeah!
03:47We did!
03:47Roar!
03:50Roar!
03:52Roar!
03:52The Loch Ness monster's head came out!

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