After the monster 100 mile cycle I was going to have another rest day at Rogart, I had a nice long lie in my train carriage and a yummy full Scottish breakfast to start the day. I then had a "short" cycle to the village of
Lairg for the day. Lairg lies on the banks of Loch Shin, right in the centre of the "north" part of Scotland. It has roads west to Ullapool, north to Durness and Tongue and East to Brora and Golspie so makes for a pretty good base cycling in the area. Its a very beautiful area and I found it similar to the Scottish Borders.
Firstly I had a nice smoked salmon lunch at
The Pier Cafe.
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| Wee hoose in the Loch where the 'Broons' live !! |
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| Lunch at the Pier |
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| The Pier Cafe. |
After lunch I went to explore the
Ferrycroft visitor centre. Lots to discover here about the area and some archaeological walks you can do nearby. In the village they were setting up for the Lairg Crofting show which would have been a good thing to go to if I could stay another day.
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| Looking over Lairg. |
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| Loch Shin |
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| Loch Shin. |
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| Lairg Pano |
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| Lairg Selfie !!! |
After that I cycled back to Rogart to my train carriage for my final night of the NC500 adventure, for tomorrow I was cycling back to Inverness !!!
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| Evening stroll in the hills at Rogart. |
Today's cycle route:
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