Scotland

Northwest Highlands

In late September 2016 I flew up to Inverness to join Graham Nevett for a week's cycling in NW Scotland.

My start was delayed for a day while I waited for my bike to arrive in Inverness, but in the late afternoon of 27 September I took the the train north to Invershin and cycled up Strath Oykel (in rain and a gale force headwind) to the Altnacealgach Motel. The rain continued all of the next day too, when I rode north to Scourie where I met Graham at the Minch View B&B. The following day we continued north to Durness where I spent two nights at Hillside B&B and we made an unsucsessful attempt to ride to Cape Wrath. We left Durness for Crask (staying at the Crask Inn) and finished by taking the train south from Lairg back to Inverness.

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26 Sep 16
Inverness
27 Sep 16
Carbisdale Castle
27 Sep 16
River Oykel
28 Sep 16
Loch Borrolan
28 Sep 16
Inchnadamph
28 Sep 16
Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt
28 Sep 16
Loch Gleann Dubh from Kylesku Hotel
28 Sep 16
Kylesku Hotel
28 Sep 16
Kylesku
28 Sep 16
Quinag, 808 m (2651 ft)
29 Sep 16
Scourie
29 Sep 16
Minch View B&B, Scourie
29 Sep 16
Ben Stack, 720 m
29 Sep 16
Badnabay
29 Sep 16
Laxford Bridge
29 Sep 16
River Laxford
29 Sep 16
Laxford Bay
29 Sep 16
Rheconich
29 Sep 16
Loch Inchard
29 Sep 16Photo: Graham Nevett
Approaching Kinlochbervie
29 Sep 16
Kinlochbervie harbour
29 Sep 16
Kinlochbervie harbour
29 Sep 16
Christine at Kinlochbervie Spar shop
29 Sep 16Photo: Graham Nevett
A838 to Durness
29 Sep 16Photo: Graham Nevett
A838 to Durness
29 Sep 16
Grudie, Kyle of Durness
29 Sep 16
Sango Bay, Durness
29 Sep 16
Bob and Graham, Sango Sands Oasis
30 Sep 16
Cape Wrath ferry
30 Sep 16
Cape Wrath jetty
30 Sep 16
Cape Wrath ferry terminal
30 Sep 16
Ferry House, Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Coastal path, Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Coastal path, Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Coastal path, Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Coastal path, Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Near Kyle of Durness
30 Sep 16
Balnakeil Bay
30 Sep 16
Balnakeil Bay
30 Sep 16
Smoo, Durness
30 Sep 16
Smoo Cave
30 Sep 16
Smoo Cave
30 Sep 16
Departing the Smoo Cave Hotel
1 Oct 16
Whiten Head
1 Oct 16
Ceannabeinne Beach
1 Oct 16
Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
West side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
Port Chamuill, Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
West side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
West side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
Foulain cottage, South side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
West side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
Foulain cottage, Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
Kempie Bay, Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
East side of Loch Eriboll
1 Oct 16
Loch Hope
1 Oct 16
Arnaboll, Loch Hope
1 Oct 16
By Loch Hope
1 Oct 16Photo: Graham Nevett
Strath More
1 Oct 16
Loch Meadie and Ben Loyal, 764 m
1 Oct 16
Loch Meadie
1 Oct 16
Ben Klibreck, 962 m
1 Oct 16
Strath Vagastie
2 Oct 16
The Crask Inn
1 Oct 16Photo: Graham Nevett
Kai & Mike at the Crask Inn
2 Oct 16
Ben Klibreck, 962 m, from Crask
2 Oct 16
Ben More Assynt, 998 m, 13 miles from Crask
2 Oct 16
Crask
2 Oct 16
Ben More Assynt
2 Oct 16
Loch Shin