{"id":1227,"date":"2012-04-21T20:53:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T19:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2012-04-21T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T19:53:18","slug":"the-beautiful-scottish-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/21\/the-beautiful-scottish-highlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful Scottish Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had booked a week off over the Easter holidays intending to do some decorating in the house, but when you live in a place like the Highlands it’s difficult not to be tempted outside…
\nHere’s a taster of what I got up to when I should have been painting (which I am now having to catch up with!):<\/p>\n

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Cycling up Glen Tilt to climb Carn a' Chalamain from Blair Atholl<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nIt started with a trip to Blair Atholl with Peter to climb Carn a’ Chalamain, an easy Munro (if there is such a thing) down the stunning Glen Tilt.<\/p>\n
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Carn Daimh summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, I headed down to the Glenlivet Estate, near Tomintoul, for a nice walk up Carn Daimh on what turned out to be a beautiful, if chilly, outing. The views from the top were truly spectacular.<\/p>\n

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Lonely track looking towards Morven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My next adventure took me to remote Altnabreac on the Inverness to Wick\/Thurso railway line, where I did an off-road bike route of around 20 miles.<\/p>\n

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Peter on the Forcan Ridge of The Saddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hooked up with Peter again and we headed down to Glen Shiel for what turned out to be quite a mountaineering expedition! The Forcan Ridge of The Saddle had fresh patchy snow on it which made it an even bigger challenge than it normally is, but a fantastic day out in one of my favourite parts of the Highlands.<\/p>\n

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Taking the little one out on the bike in Strathspey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, we had a family outing to Aviemore, from where we cycled to the Loch Garten osprey centre and back on a glorious sunny day.<\/p>\n

So the decorating isn’t finished. But at least we made the most of the week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had booked a week off over the Easter holidays intending to do some decorating in the house, but when you live in a place like the Highlands it’s difficult not to be tempted outside… Here’s a taster of what I got up to when I should have been painting (which I am now having […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,7,11,15,35,16,8,60,37,18],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-bike","tag-cycle","tag-highlands","tag-mountains","tag-munro","tag-off-road","tag-route","tag-scotland","tag-trailer","tag-walk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-jN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1728,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/06\/tilt-feshie-mountain-bike-expedition\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":0},"title":"Tilt & Feshie mountain bike expedition","author":"John Davidson","date":"October 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally got around to doing this mountain bike route I've been planning for some time and it was worth the wait! 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