{"id":432,"date":"2010-10-23T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=432"},"modified":"2010-10-23T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T10:19:56","slug":"glen-strathfarrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/23\/glen-strathfarrar\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Strathfarrar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bl6.co.uk\\\/wordpress\\\/2010\\\/10\\\/23\\\/glen-strathfarrar\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-432 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?ssl=1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;John Davidson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Loch Beannacharan in Glen Strathfarrar with the mountains covered in cloud.\\rPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright John Davidson. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Strathfarrar (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Loch Beannacharan in Glen Strathfarrar with the mountains covered in cloud.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?ssl=1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;John Davidson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Monar Dam at the end of Glen Strathfarrar - the largest arch dam in Britain.\\rPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright John Davidson. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Strathfarrar (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Monar Dam at the end of Glen Strathfarrar &#8211; the largest arch dam in Britain.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?ssl=1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;John Davidson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Just to prove I was there! This is me at the end of Glen Strathfarrar where the road continues to Monar Lodge.\\rPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright John Davidson. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Strathfarrar (3)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Just to prove I was there! This is me at the end of Glen Strathfarrar where the road continues to Monar Lodge.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Strathfarrar-3.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nI enjoyed a soggy ride up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glenaffric.org\/glen_strathfarrar.html\">Glen Strathfarrar<\/a> yesterday for a route I&#8217;m doing for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inverness-courier.co.uk\/\">Inverness Courier<\/a> on Friday. I would have liked to see some of the mountains (the weather was that bad) but it&#8217;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<p>The road is really quiet, as the number of cars allowed down there each day is restricted, so it&#8217;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":"<p>I enjoyed a soggy ride up Glen Strathfarrar yesterday for a route I&#8217;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&#8217;s a great ride in itself, and the tarmac road really opens up access to the Strathfarrar horseshoe, as [&hellip;]<\/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":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,7,53,11,15,35,8],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-6Y","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}