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Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:24 pm
by Richpips
Tom and I are heading North tomorrow via the Great North Trail to Cape Wrath.
All being well we'll ride back also.
If anyone wants to join us along the way you will be welcome. Pace will be steady.
We have a tracker should you wish to intercept us.
https://share.garmin.com/capewrath
You'll find the route we will take North below.
https://www.cyclinguk.org/route/great-n ... cape-wrath
Heading South we will follow An Turas Mor as far as Loch Laggan, then follow the Second City Divide route towards Manchester.
Cheers
Rich
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:22 am
by stevewaters
Excellent - Enjoy your adventure Rich and Tom - It'll be nice to follow your progress
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:05 pm
by ton
plenty of photo's Rich.
me and the wife are riding back from inverness in september.
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:03 pm
by slarge
Cracking ride - wish my summer holidays were longer!! Good luck with it!
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:29 pm
by restlessshawn
Nice to meet you in Bowhill today. Hope you had some luck at the tea room !
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:49 pm
by Richpips
restlessshawn wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:29 pm
Nice to meet you in Bowhill today. Hope you had some luck at the tea room !
Good to see you today Sean.
A bit of sweet talk and we got in. They even gave us some free food for the trail.
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:30 pm
by restlessshawn
Good work :)
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:53 pm
by Borderer
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:18 pm
by Richpips
Thanks for looking after us Bridget and Joe.
Today was torrential.
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:26 pm
by fatbikephil
Aye didn't look very nice today - much better tomorrow and Wednesday though
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:32 am
by redefined_cycles
Well done Rich/Tom... FWIW I had planned to bring my little un (6), AbdurRahman to join the ride for a mile or so but upon looking you'd already gotten past Hebdwn Bridge somewhere. That was ages ago anyway. Ride safe
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:31 am
by Mariner
A quick question on route choice.
At Killin they took the route up Glen Lochy and over to Glen Lyon then down to Bridge of Balgie.
Why not go via Ben Lawers road to Bridge of Balgie.
I know its steep but I have many happy memories of Tarmachan Ridge at all times of the year and in all weathers
so it would be purely personal. This was in the days before the visitor centre was removed.
I have not ridden the route to Glen Lochy but I remember the ride down Glen Lyon as being very uninteresting where as the Ben Lawers road would be the scenic route with a good decent to Bridge of Balgie.
Is it just preference or is the main road down to the Ben Lawers road best avoided?
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:10 pm
by fatbikephil
The official route goes up glen lochy to miss some a road bashing. Ben lawyers road is shorter and no less climby so better if you ain't set on sticking to the 'official ' route
Re: Hayfield tp Cape Wrath (and back)
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:26 pm
by stevewaters
Looks like they made it to Cape Wrath ! - Well done guys
Mapshare didn't work with my InReach Mini on the YD300 this weekend. It looks like a Garmin issue probably due to the recent ransomware hack. - Rich and Tom's tracks look to have been affected too.
