Walking and Cycling in Inverness and the Highlands

Walking and Cycling in Inverness and the Highlands was published in 2011 and is now out of print. You may still be able to find a copy in some book shops around the Highlands or from Highland libraries.

It contains 25 walks and 25 cycle routes focused on Inverness but with some across the Highlands. As you can appreciate, much has changed since 2011 so some of the route descriptions may not reflect exactly what is on the ground today.

I have started the process of revisiting as many of the routes as possible and will be updating this page where necessary with any changes, which I hope readers will find useful. If you have followed any of the routes and noticed any changes, please contact me via the contact page in the main menu. Thanks!

Route updates

Walk 1 – Carn na Leitire

Walk 2 – Inverfarigaig to Foyers

Walk 3 – From firth to fort

Walk 4 – Cromarty sutors

Walk 5 – Plodda and Home Falls

Walk 6 – Dunain Hill

Walk 7 – Reelig Glen tall trees

Walk 8 – Ben Wyvis epic

Walk 9 – South Loch Ness

House at the start of the walk is now called Braewood, not Easterton.

New track for pylons after leaving Loch Bunachton. Now you need to take a right turn onto the new track alongside the pylons, then follow the blue Trail of the Seven Lochs (T7L) marker post right onto the old track after about 50 metres.

Walk 10 – Tomich Monument

Walk 11 – Allt na Criche and beyond

Walk 12 – Skye circular

Walk 13 – Knockfarrel

Walk 14 – Culloden’s bloody moor

Walk 15 – Meall Fuar-mhonaidh

Walk 16 – Tour of Inverness

Walk 17 – Beinn a’ Bha’ach Ard

Walk 18 – Black Isle railway

Walk 19 – Drumnadrochit woods

There have been a few changes in the woods here. Check the information board at the main car park in Drumnadrochit.

Walk 20 – Beinn Eighe Mountain Trail

Walk 21 – Beauly riverside

Walk 22 – An Torr, Dores

Walk 23 – Loch Affric

Walk 24 – Black Rock Gorge

Walk 25 – Carrbridge explorer

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Cycle 1 – Across the Monadhliath

Cycle 2 – Strathpeffer natural trails

Cycle 3 – March to Dulsie Bridge

Cycle 4 – Kilmuir

Cycle 5 – Loch Ness monster

Cycle 6 – Tornagrain link

Cycle 7 – Gaick and Drumochter

Cycle 8 – Abriachan tester

Cycle 9 – A tour of the Black Isle

Cycle 10 – Loch Ruthven

Cycle 11 – Glen Coiltie

Cycle 12 – Wade’s road escape

Cycle 13 – Around the Beauly Firth

Cycle 14 – Glen Affric off-roader

Cycle 15 – Three bridges

Cycle 16 – The Aird cycle route

Cycle 17 – Across Ross

Cycle 18 – Clava Cairns & Fort George

Cycle 19 – Ross-shire round

Cycle 20 – Corrieyairack Pass

Cycle 21 – Lairg to Durness

Cycle 22 – NCN Route 1 to Tain

Cycle 23 – Strathglass and Culnakirk

Cycle 24 – Nairn to Brodie Castle

Cycle 25 – Applecross adventure