Robjh's wee tour of the Highlands

[robjh]

Back home and in the kitchen now - the holiday's not truly over till the last of the white pudding, black pudding and haggis have been eaten

(bought these in Inverness between trains on the way home - you don't find many butchers out in the back country)

 

[Goggs]

This has been excellent mate. Very well done!

I was the coalman for Applecross for two years between 1997 - 1999.

 

[robjh]

I was the coalman for Applecross for two years between 1997 - 1999.

Quite a long coal round I imagine.
I guess some things have changed - you wouldn't believe the number of Tescos home delivery vans driving over the Bealach and round the coast road.

 

[AnneW]

This has been great. Thanks Robjh.

 

[coffeejo]

This has been great. Thanks Robjh.

Where are you going next, @robjh?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Very enjoyable tour report, looking forward to your next one!

 

[robjh]

Where are you going next, @robjh?

I'm off to a bike shop in Cambridge tomorrow to buy a new saddle for my road bike, but that's probably not what you meant

My next trip won't be a bike tour, but in this

with Mrs robjh + 2 dogs, we're thinking of heading to Italy shortly for a little while. I will however have the bike on the back for day trips.

As for bike tours, I have (I always have) a few ideas but nothing actually planned at the moment. I toured quite a bit in SE Europe a few years back and would love to return to Romania; around the Alps and central Europe sound good too; maybe Portugal and northern Spain? With more time I'd love to brush up my Chinese and tour parts of western China by bike. But for the moment these remain just ideas....

 

[robjh]

I have loaded a few more photos in an album.

Meanwhile, a small memory of last week: A cyclist models classic midge protection gear whilst staring out to sea, having dismally failed to light a fire :