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Included
Hire of
hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation in standard grade twin/double rooms
Tour information including maps and routes
Emergency support
Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Castle entrance fees
Extras
Single rooms
Luggage transport
Rooms with shower/wc
Hotel Accommodation
Access:
by air to Inverness/Aberdeen/
Edinburgh/Glasgow Airports:by train with Scotrail and GNER: by
bus with Citylink: car parking available
Duration:
8 Nights/9 Days
Start:
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY April to October: other days by
arrangement
Minimum two persons
Level
4
Tour
Code: GLS
Price
£375
Luggage carrying by arrangement
rooms with shower/wc £5 per night, single supplement £8 per night
Options:
alternative route,cycle Scourie to Durness, visit Cape Wrath and
return Durness-Inverness by bike bus
Shorten
the tour by returning to Inverness by train from Lairg
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Day
1. Arrive INVERNESS:
collect cycles and equipment, route briefing and instruction.
Inverness, now a thriving modern town has historical links going
back to Neolithic times. Many battles have been fought for control
of this strategic site. A visit to the Garrison Castle Encounter
will take you back to 1745 and the Jacobite Rebellion.
 Day
2. INVERNESS - GAIRLOCH
30ml(48km)
A mid morning train takes you out of Inverness into the beautiful
scenery of the Highlands. Alight at the remote station of Achnasheen
and cycle by the shore of Loch Maree to reach the busy fishing
port of Gairloch on the west coast.
Poolewe
Gardens >>
Day
3. GAIRLOCH - ULLAPOOL
40ml(64km)
 Leave
Gairloch on the road to Poolewe and perhaps visit the famous Poolewe
Gardens. Some climbing is required to enjoy the wonderful sea
view on the approach to Aultbea and then follow the coast to Dundonnell
on Little Loch Broom. Leave the main road and climb through the
forest and over the hills to Loch Broom. Catch the passenger ferry
to Ullapool. lochs and mountains >>>
 Day
4. ULLAPOOL - LOCHINVER 28ml(45km)
A
long climb out of Ullapool before branching off the main road
towards the coast on the minor road to Auchiltibuie. An exhilerating
ride by the sea on the steep, twisiting, poorly surfaced road
which takes you to Lochinver. Ullapool>>>>
Day
5. LOCHINVER - SCOURIE
36ml(58km)
 If
you thought yesterday’s ride was exciting just wait! Take the
main road out of Lochinver
climbing to the junction with the minor coast road. From there
it is twisting, undulating journey on a poorly surfaced road with
many blind bends.But
OH! What SCENERY!
Dunrobbin
Castle>>>>>
Day
6. SCOURIE - LAIRG
44ml(70km)
A
longer journey today but on quiet smooth lochside roads. Cycle
eastwards by the banks of Lochs Stack, More, Merkland and Shin
to reach the small village of Lairg.
 Day
7. LAIRG - DORNOCH 21ml(34km)
An easy day as you cycle along Strath Fleet to the east coast
and the popular small resort of Dornoch with its golden sands
and famous golf course. Dornoch
Cathedral>>>>
Day
8. DORNOCH - TAIN
10ml(16km)
A short journey to
the Dornoch Firth and across the bridge
to Tain. Catch
a train to Inverness: a chance for some shopping in this pleasant
riverside town, the
Capital of the Highlands.
Day
9. Depart INVERNESS
View
Photo Gallery of Poolewe
Gardens
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