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Tomorrow we start cycling the NC500. A 500 mile loop around the north of Scotland. It should be very scenic - and very isolated.
My biggest concern is not the mileage or the hills but the availability of food. I require A LOT of food when I’m cycling and there are very few shops in the highlands. It’ll take us 4 days to cycle from Inverness to Ullapool and there won’t be any towns between them. (Only villages and hamlets)
We spent 2 days driving up here - passing all the places I cycled through last year. It’s such a long way - how on earth did I ever cycle it last year?
The first night we stayed in Penrith which is a delightful town. Where else would you find Family Grocers that are also Manure Merchants?
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Or Irish Fancy Linen
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Then yesterday we stopped at Blair Castle. Which has the only private army in Europe.
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Today we had a whole day in Inverness. Started off with breakfast at Wild Pancake - which claims to be the best pancake house in Scotland. But I think they’re being modest - it is probably the best pancake shop in the world 😊
We did a walking tour - which was absolutely freezing. Very glad we packed our full winter kit for cycling. Will definitely be wearing all of it tomorrow.
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Inverness Town Hall
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Inverness Castle
@#TaniaPLee Looking forward to seeing all the pictures and reading your blog.