A cycle journey from Achnasheen to Pitlochry via Kinloch Hourn
About our trip
We will catch the sleeper train to Inverness on Tuesday then another train to Achnasheen where we finished last May. We will then continue to roughly follow the Scottish coast down to Spean Bridge.
There are some good challenges along the way. Bealach Na Ba is a rather large mountain (pictured above)- our route appears to go straight over it. It is famous for being the highest hill climb in Britain, about 2600ft in 6 miles. Something to look forward to on Friday. Then on Saturday after 30 miles of cycling, we will be going off road for 10 miles, a very rough route of steep rocky climbs with about 14 fords to cross- largely not cycle-able.
We are taking our good friends Jacky and Ian along to enjoy all this, as an introduction to the joys of Scottish cycle touring.
Friday, 18 May 2012
Day 4
Applecross to Dornie 37 miles
Tired today after epic cycling, so here are a few pics- will edit in text later. Big hill climb day, 4500 ft in total, 2400 ft in first climb of the day in 5 miles.
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