http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling in Assynt en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:03:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12949#post-156339 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:12:35 +0000 fimm 156339@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a friend in Inverness. She cycles... hmmm... </p> <p>Actually I was up visiting her a couple of weekends back to go backpacking, which is what I usually visit her to do. I have said that I'll take the bike up sometime - but it might be as a bad weather alternative to Munro bagging! That route does deserve a good day - I've driven bits of it at various times (on the way to climb hills/cliffs) but I've never actually cycled in that area. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12949#post-156301 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:25:26 +0000 minus six 156301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>brings back some epic touring memories</p> <p>fully laden on the drumbeg</p> <p>halcyon days at the summer isles </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12949#post-156296 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:59:36 +0000 gembo 156296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like you got the weather for that one. One of the photos on your blog has a massive mountain in the background.</p> <p>Norman McCaig the poet, now long gone, was Edinburgh schoolteacher who thought assynt was heaven </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12949#post-156294 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:52:58 +0000 Dave 156294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't remember whether I posted a link to this on Strava or not, but we enjoyed an epic ride on a long weekend around Lochinver in the wild north west.</p> <p>I got some pics through from our friends down south and have stuck them up (along with the map/elevation) on my site: <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/cycling-lochinver-assynt/" rel="nofollow">http://mccraw.co.uk/cycling-lochinver-assynt/</a></p> <p><img src="http://cdn.mccraw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dave-barter-great-british-bike-rides-1.jpg"></p> <p>Totally amazing riding. There's not much else like it (mostly 'main' roads) but alone it was worth the immense drive. </p>