We left our haunted castle and crossed over to The Black Isle. Very good Sustrans tracks took us to the Cromarty Firth which we were hoping, until a week ago, to be crossing by ferry at Nigg. Problems with the ferry berthing has suspended this service so this has sent us via Dingwall.
The NCN 1 is marked up with the North Sea route- now there is an adventurous tour! We did once meet a man in Shetland who was doing it, he was completely soaked after continuous rain in Norway- maybe we won't!
Great lanes and cycle path over the Black Isle landed at another white knuckle experience for Sue- the Kessock bridge- so a tea shop stop was necessary before the crossing.
Negotiating Inverness was not without difficulty as some works resulted in the NCN 1 being diverted. It was as if Inverness were so happy at their Caledonian Thistle's first ever Scottish football cup win yesterday, that they didn't want to let us get out of the city.
When we were finally reunited with the route it was very pretty and well signed all the way to Culloden.
The short and bloody battle ground of Culloden Moor had a Sue and Nick style visit, the woman in the visitor's centre said, raising her eyes from her watch, go and look at that audio-visual over there, take a walk outside and you will be get the gist.
The coffee and cake were good in the cafe.
The warm afternoon turned to a beautiful evening and the countryside scene as we strolled back to our B&B from the Culloden Inn was a world away from the wilderness we have seem for the last few weeks.
With an optimistic forecast, let's hope June brings some summer weather with it. We are about half distance complete now and need to pick up the daily mileage probably.
Figures:
Distance:- 41.2 km
Cycle Time:- 3 hours 16 minutes
Average speed:- 12.6 kph
Total Distance:- 3151 km
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