{"id":485,"date":"2010-11-16T23:56:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T23:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=485"},"modified":"2010-11-16T23:56:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T23:56:55","slug":"out-and-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/16\/out-and-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Out and about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a busy few weeks and have managed to fit in a good few walks and rides, including a great 20 mile road ride from Auldearn.<\/p>\n<p>I also walked the old drove road from Scotsburn to Strathrory in Easter Ross and on Sunday I followed General Wade&#8217;s Road from Inverness to Moy.<\/p>\n<p>All these adventures will be featured in Active Outdoors in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inverness-courier.co.uk\">Inverness Courier<\/a> over the next few weeks, so make sure you get hold of a copy!<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/16\/out-and-about\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-485 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\/11\/IMG_1521.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\/11\/IMG_1521.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\/11\/IMG_1521.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_1521.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_1521.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_1521.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_1521.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;Photo by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright John Davidson. 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