{"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’s cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>What a fantastic weekend I’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’ll be able to read about this adventure in the Inverness Courier in a couple of weeks!) Then on Sunday I joined the CTC Highland group<\/a> on a ride from North Kessock over to Knockfarrel and back.<\/p>\n

There’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’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_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":[34,9,12,62,7,6,29,39,14,22],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-wyvis","tag-bike","tag-black-isle","tag-ctc","tag-cycle","tag-inverness","tag-national-cycle-network","tag-ncn","tag-ross-shire","tag-sustrans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-8Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1068,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/07\/an-island-hop-and-a-great-new-cycle-track\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":0},"title":"An island hop and a great new cycle track","author":"John Davidson","date":"November 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On Sunday I enjoyed a fine cycle taking in two ferry crossings, an island adventure on Lismore and a look at parts of the National Cycle Network Route 78 that are already open. 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