{"id":548,"date":"2011-01-09T18:39:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=548"},"modified":"2011-01-30T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T11:33:00","slug":"a-winter-weekends-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/09\/a-winter-weekends-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"A winter weekend&#8217;s cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/09\/a-winter-weekends-cycling\/ctc-black-isle-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.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;Beautiful view of Ben Wyvis from Knockbain on cycle with CTC Highland Group on the Black Isle.\\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=\"CTC Black Isle (4)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beautiful view of Ben Wyvis from Knockbain on cycle with CTC Highland Group on the Black Isle.&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\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" title=\"CTC Black Isle (4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-4.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/09\/a-winter-weekends-cycling\/ctc-black-isle-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-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;On a winter ride with the CTC Highland Group on the Black Isle.\\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=\"CTC Black Isle (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;On a winter ride with the CTC Highland Group on the Black Isle.&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\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" title=\"CTC Black Isle (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CTC-Black-Isle-2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/09\/a-winter-weekends-cycling\/contin-to-little-garve-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"550\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.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;Little Garve bridge, built by Caulfield in 18th century, on a winter&#039;s day.\\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=\"Contin to Little Garve (26)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Little Garve bridge, built by Caulfield in 18th century, on a winter&#8217;s day.&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\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" title=\"Contin to Little Garve (26)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Contin-to-Little-Garve-26.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>What a fantastic weekend I&#8217;ve had getting out and about on the bike. On Saturday I did a short but satisfying off-road route between Contin and Little Garve, where I discovered some excellent sections of route and a superb Caulfield bridge on the old military road. (You&#8217;ll be able to read about this adventure in the Inverness Courier in a couple of weeks!) Then on Sunday I joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/ctchighlandgroup\/home\" target=\"_blank\">CTC Highland group<\/a> on a ride from North Kessock over to Knockfarrel and back.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s was plenty of snow about but I managed to clock up nearly 60 miles over the two days at a nice, gentle pace. The CTC crew were a lovely bunch, so thanks very much for being so welcoming! I hope to get out for a ride with them again soon. And with views like these, I can&#8217;t wait to do it all again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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_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":[34,9,12,62,7,6,29,39,14,22],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-8Q","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548"}],"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=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}