Day 16 Scourie to Ullapool
Day 16 will be another exceptionally breathtaking and beautiful day. Being surrounded by mountains and dwarfed by the sheer size of nature and all its glory, my journey will sandwich me between the North Sea and the Scottish Highlands.
To be honest, I have no idea what to expect besides what I have been looking at in satellite images, reading books and looking at pictures. One of my dreams coming over to the United Kingdom was to experience the Scottish Highlands. And after nearly ten years my dream could come true if I make it that far uninjured.
This will be a cycling day and also my second day that I will be making my way South down the United Kingdom's Coast. Needless to say, despite all the stunning beauty by which I will be surrounded by all day, this could prove to be a monster to complete. With a total ascent of 5394ft, descent of 5440ft there will be a constant flow of periodically tough hills. A maximum height of 463ft can be expected and a minimum height of 10ft possible.
Along this stretch of my expedition there is not a lot of villages expected and only the company of Loch's wilderness and sky. It is perhaps the most free and solitary leg of this entire expedition only passing Unapool, Drumbeg, Clashnessie, Stoer, Clachtoll and a handful other villages along this 65 mile journey.
As you may have noticed that this will be the shortest distance covered by cycle on this expedition and obvious a direct result of the geography of the area.
Day 16 will be another exceptionally breathtaking and beautiful day. Being surrounded by mountains and dwarfed by the sheer size of nature and all its glory, my journey will sandwich me between the North Sea and the Scottish Highlands.
To be honest, I have no idea what to expect besides what I have been looking at in satellite images, reading books and looking at pictures. One of my dreams coming over to the United Kingdom was to experience the Scottish Highlands. And after nearly ten years my dream could come true if I make it that far uninjured.
This will be a cycling day and also my second day that I will be making my way South down the United Kingdom's Coast. Needless to say, despite all the stunning beauty by which I will be surrounded by all day, this could prove to be a monster to complete. With a total ascent of 5394ft, descent of 5440ft there will be a constant flow of periodically tough hills. A maximum height of 463ft can be expected and a minimum height of 10ft possible.
Along this stretch of my expedition there is not a lot of villages expected and only the company of Loch's wilderness and sky. It is perhaps the most free and solitary leg of this entire expedition only passing Unapool, Drumbeg, Clashnessie, Stoer, Clachtoll and a handful other villages along this 65 mile journey.
As you may have noticed that this will be the shortest distance covered by cycle on this expedition and obvious a direct result of the geography of the area.
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