I being Linda missed this day off so sorry but here it is for you all to read.
Had porridge for breakfast plus Scottish. Mike and his wife have had the Crask Inn for 12 years, had been closed some time before they bought it. They also farm -sheep and cattle. Generous donation £20 for our charity. As we got ready to leave we were besieged by midges - first we had suffered - and had to cycle off quickly off before we went completely mad. We told Mike we were cycling to Bettyhill and staying at Bettyhill Hotel. He warned us that Bettyhill on a Saturday night was quite something!.
The road was single track and virtually empty landscape - open moorland and barren with some pine plantation. Got to Altraharra where one road to Tongue and ours to Bettyhill. We followed Loch Navar and then Naver River which apparently is a famous salmon river. In fact we came across a fisherman carrying a large salmon. The route was generally flat and gradually going downhill but of course this does not mean there were a lot of hills - which there were. It was again cold but not raining despite the forecast. Beautiful scenery but with a sad history as these areas were the Clearance Areas of 1700's eg. Achanlochy Clearance Villages.
Finally got to Bettyhill Hotel. Our room has fantastic views over beaches and sea. Great room but virtually no television reception so we are watching a seriously crap DVD waiting for our dinner as we are ,as usual, hungry.
Got to Bettyhill in less than 3 hours (33 miles)
Had dinner overlooking the beach, river estuary and sea - quite stunning. Good dinner and we both slept well.
Had porridge for breakfast plus Scottish. Mike and his wife have had the Crask Inn for 12 years, had been closed some time before they bought it. They also farm -sheep and cattle. Generous donation £20 for our charity. As we got ready to leave we were besieged by midges - first we had suffered - and had to cycle off quickly off before we went completely mad. We told Mike we were cycling to Bettyhill and staying at Bettyhill Hotel. He warned us that Bettyhill on a Saturday night was quite something!.
The road was single track and virtually empty landscape - open moorland and barren with some pine plantation. Got to Altraharra where one road to Tongue and ours to Bettyhill. We followed Loch Navar and then Naver River which apparently is a famous salmon river. In fact we came across a fisherman carrying a large salmon. The route was generally flat and gradually going downhill but of course this does not mean there were a lot of hills - which there were. It was again cold but not raining despite the forecast. Beautiful scenery but with a sad history as these areas were the Clearance Areas of 1700's eg. Achanlochy Clearance Villages.
Finally got to Bettyhill Hotel. Our room has fantastic views over beaches and sea. Great room but virtually no television reception so we are watching a seriously crap DVD waiting for our dinner as we are ,as usual, hungry.
Got to Bettyhill in less than 3 hours (33 miles)
Had dinner overlooking the beach, river estuary and sea - quite stunning. Good dinner and we both slept well.
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