Included
Hire of 21 speed trekking cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation
in twin/double rooms with shower/wc

Luggage carrying
Tour information including maps and detailed routes
Non cycling guide with support vehicle

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Castle entrance fees

Extras
Single rooms
Hotel Accommodation

Access: by air to Edinburgh/Glasgow
/Inverness Airports airport collection service available
by train with First Scotrail and GNER: by bus with Citylink: car parking available(not secure)

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start: Saturdays

9th & 23rd August 2008

Level 3

Price £485 per person

Single supplement £140

Option: Spend an extra few days in Edinburgh

Day  1. Arrive  INVERNESS: 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. 1830hrs introductory meeting with guide.

Day 2. INVERNESS - DRUMNADROCHIT    24ml(39km)

Collect cycles and equipment. Leave  Inverness following the river: across moorland and  quiet country  roads  to Drumnadrochit. Visit the Loch  Ness  Monster Exhibition Centre and ruined Urquhart Castle.   click to enlarge image of Urquhart Castle >>>
                                                                                        

Day 3. DRUMNADROCHIT - FORT AUGUSTUS       23ml(37km)
Follow  the Cycle Way of the Great Glen. Some steep hills are rewarded with  beautiful  views of  Loch Ness and the mountains beyond. In the forest you may see deer or  golden  eagles before you reach the south end of the loch at Fort Augustus.

Day 4. FORT AUGUSTUS - FORT WILLIAM         34ml(55km)
The Caledonian Canal tow path and forest tracks keep you safe from traffic until you reach the locks of Neptune’s Staircase at Banavie. A short ride to the busy tourist town of Fort William in the shadow of mighty Ben Nevis.    Loch Oich >>>
                                                                                 

Day 5.  Rest Day FORT WILLIAM
Take a trip on the steam train of the scenic West Highland Railway to Mallaig, climb Ben Nevis or explore the many trails in Leanachan Forest.

Day 6. FORT WILLIAM - PITLOCHRY    37ml(60km)
A scenic train journey across desolate Rannoch Moor to Rannoch Station, an isolated place at the end of the road from Pitlochry. From Rannoch it is a pleasant flat ride beside Loch Rannoch to reach Kinloch Rannoch. On to Tummel Bridge and then climb to join the undulating scenic road by the side of Loch Tummel. Pitlochry, a pleasant Victorian holiday town, nestles in a sheltered position among the hills. It has two distilleries, an excellent theatre, good shopping and a wide choice of restaurants.

Day 7. PITLOCHRY - PERTH 30ml(48km)
You are never far from the river Tay as you make your way south to the historic cathedral town of Dunkeld. Peacefully situated on the banks of the River Tay it has a charmingly restored  square of 18th century houses and nearby is the partly restored cathedral, construction of which began in 1318. Cross the bridge to its partner village of Birnam and continue through the fertile Perthshire farmlands to the colourful riverside city of Perth.

Day 8. Depart PERTH

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