{"id":805,"date":"2011-06-03T19:12:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T18:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/03\/door-to-dores\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T22:48:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:48:18","slug":"door-to-dores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/03\/door-to-dores\/","title":{"rendered":"Door to Dores"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m out on a beautiful Friday evening bike ride on the hill up from Dores. There’s a magnificent view over to Drumnadrochit bay from here with Meall Fuar-mhonaidh rising above Loch Ness.<\/p>\n

The RockNess music festival was being set up as I came through Dores so it’ll be much noisier this time next week!<\/p>\n

Oh well, onwards and upwards. I’m heading for Loch Ruthven next then to Essich via Dunlichity.<\/p>\n

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What a beautiful evening! Saw an osprey and a buzzard at Loch Ruthven, then heard a few cuckoos around too.<\/p>\n

Still nice and warm and had the breeze behind me for the last few miles. I’ve reached Essich now so a couple of miles downhill to Inverness and I’ll be home… just in time for dinner I hope!<\/p>\n

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