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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nI enjoyed a soggy ride up Glen Strathfarrar<\/a> yesterday for a route I’m doing for the Inverness Courier<\/a> on Friday. I would have liked to see some of the mountains (the weather was that bad) but it’s a great ride in itself, and the tarmac road really opens up access to the Strathfarrar horseshoe, as well as Sgurr na Lapaich, which you can also climb from Glen Cannich.<\/p>\n
The road is really quiet, as the number of cars allowed down there each day is restricted, so it’s perfect cycling country. The views, even with the cloud this low, were magnificent, so they must be amazing on a clear day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I enjoyed a soggy ride up Glen Strathfarrar yesterday for a route I’m doing for the Inverness Courier on Friday. I would have liked to see some of the mountains (the weather was that bad) but it’s a great ride in itself, and the tarmac road really opens up access to the Strathfarrar horseshoe, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[9,7,53,11,15,35,8],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-bike","tag-cycle","tag-glen-strathfarrar","tag-highlands","tag-mountains","tag-munro","tag-route"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-6Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":578,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/22\/beinn-a-bhaach-ard\/","url_meta":{"origin":432,"position":0},"title":"Beinn a’ Bha’ach Ard","author":"John Davidson","date":"January 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We're just down from a good walk up Beinn a' Bha'ach Ard in Glen Strathfarrar, with darkness well and truly setting in now. 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