Included
Hire of 24 speed hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation in standard grade twin/double rooms
Tour information including maps and detailed routes
Emergency support

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Castle entrance fees

Train tickets

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 £395 per person
Luggage carrying £150 p.p. Rooms with shower/wc £5 p.p. per night, single supplement £8 per night standard room, £18 per night ensuite

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

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 56ml(90km)                      
Leave Gairloch on the road to Poolewe and perhaps visit thefamous 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.Continue inland to Strath More and cycle by Loch Broom to reach Ullapool.

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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