With the car finally back in action (just in time to be taken to the garage later this week to be part-exchanged for a new one) we made it out at the weekend to complete a fantastic route through the Gaick Pass.<\/p>\n
This runs between Blair Atholl and Kingussie in the Highlands of Scotland. Our plan was to do a circular route which began with a cycle over the Drumochter Pass on the cycle route before tackling the off-road section to return.<\/p>\n
I’ll stick up a picture here soon and there’ll be a full piece about our efforts in the Inverness Courier within the next couple of months. This one was well worth the sore legs in the office today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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