Tartan Lassie & Laddie on Tour
To say we had a good time would not do it justice .. it was brilliant .. absolutely brilliant ... every day was fantastic views, good laughs and a day spent on a bike in the sun .. does life get any better, i think not.

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Beach at Morar (mainland)

The Quirang (Skye)
Cuillins from Sleat Peninsula

Day 1 Ardrossan - Lochranza (Aran) 42m
Day 2 Lochranza - Ford (Argyll) 55 m (+8 for meal!)
Day 3 Ford - Oban (Argyll) 56 m
Day 4 Oban - Salen (Mull) 42m
Day 5 Mull circuit 47m
Day 6 Salen (Skye) - Morar (nr Mallaig) 64m (+10 for meal!)
Day 7 Morar - Carbost (Skye) 58m
Day 8 Skye north circuit 95m
Day 9 Carbost - Ardvasar (Skye) 61m

Total 538 miles
Average 12 mph
Cycling Time 45 hrs (av 5hrs a day)








Red line is pedal power, black Scotrail











Trip highlights ..

• realising our wiggly route would stretch the length of Scotland
• seeing osprey, sea eagles plus some golden ones
• the smell of the sea at the tip of your nose all day
• riding the length of the "awe"some Loch Awe (23m longest loch in Scotland)
  
• eating a "full scottish breakfast" with no worries on calorie expenditure vs. intake
• ditto shortbread and Tunnocks carmel wafers (4m a day worldwide - it said on the pack)
• ditto ordering extra evening food after finding no cafes en route
• eating apples in the sun looking over to the paps of Jura
  
• wondering if anyone in Scotland had been on hospitality training ...
• pondering the merits of Scottish architecture .. one design = lots of bungalows
• getting money off the back of a van .. okay, so it was a mobile bank
• a fantastic train journey to Glasgow - no leg movement required!
  
• wondering whether or not to go round again when we arrived back in Ardrossan
• and views like above .... every day, all day ............

Best piece of kit award goes to the elasticated washing line ... amazing how inventive you can be as to where you hang your washing!

The rest of our photos are here if you are dead keen to have a look ..

www.flickr.com/photos/heatonriders/sets/72157619753109877