| Introduction | Neil & Wendy Cycle Scotland & France 2018 | Original Plan, Modifications & Ancillary Info. | The Menu |
CYCLE EUROPE 2018 This was our itenerary at the time Wendy left for Europe. The Cycle Touring Festival was added in at the last minute after being pressed to attend by Gavin & Mandy. Watch this video for Wendy's presentation to the festival in 2020. The yellow section was largely rewritten at the last minute to spend more time im Mull and less on Skye following information that Skye was now more dangerous for bikes with simplfied motor vehicle access with the bridge access at the Kyle of Lochalsh. The green section was shortened mainly by removing Applecross, out of sympathy for her ageing father, & adding a few days to the pink section.. This link will take you to our various trips. August 2021, thanks to Jeremy I now have Wendys garmin & her photos of the trip so I can now modify the site to show Wendy's version of the trip not just my own. This will be of great interest for the yellow section where I omly had brief memories of Wendy recounting various incidents/hilights from her initial time alone. Not to mention her assault on some of the big hills of Switerland.
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| DAY | DATE | FROM | TO | KM | ACCOM | MAP | TRANSIT | NOTES |
| Mon | 30-Apr | Brisbane | Fly | Ref. QSPDYC QF663 to Adelaide Dep. 2:20pm Arr. 4:40pm QR915 to Doha Dep. 10:15pm Arr. 5:40am |
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| Tue | 1-May | Edinburgh | Fly | QR29 to Edinburgh Dep. 7:35am Arr. 1:15pm | ||||
| Wed | 2-May | Edinburgh | AirBNB Natalia & James | 20/1 Edina Place, Edinburgh, Scotland EH7 5RR Ph +44 7503 606116 | ||||
| Thu | 3-May | Edinburgh | ||||||
| Fri | 4-May | Edinburgh | Clitheroe via Preston | 31 | Train | Ref. KGW5HK Bike Ref. 8CK6RC69 Dep. 10:11am Arr. 12:46pm |
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| Sat | 5-May | Cycle Touring Festival | Ref. HTTF5X3F 4h53m **Change this booking | |||||
| Sun | 6-May | Cycle Touring Festival | 41 | |||||
| Mon | 7-May | Clitheroe | Glasgow via Preston | 31 | Chez Gerladine Perriam | Train | Ref. 4J6RX6TF Bike Ref. 9LF3L7LG Dep. 10:41am Arr. 12:59pm The Mill House, Dowan Road , Baldernock, Milngavie, G62 6HB |
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| Tue | 8-May | Glasgow | Glen Nevis via Fort William | 5 | Glen Nevis Caravan & Camping Park | 41 | Train | |
| Wed | 9-May | Explore | Glen Nevis Caravan & Camping Park | 41 | Dun Deardail, Am Steall Waterfall, Water of Nevis & Ben Nevis. | |||
| Thu | 10-May | Explore | Glen Nevis Caravan & Camping Park | 41 | ||||
| Fri | 11-May | Glen Nevis | Glen Coe | 43 | Red Squirrel Campsite | 41 | Pap of Glen Coe & Glen Coe Lochan. Food Clachaig Inn. | |
| Sat | 12-May | Explore | 30 | Red Squirrel Campsite | 41 | River Etive, Lairig Gartain-Lairig Eilde Loop Hike & Lost Valley. | ||
| Sun | 13-May | Glen Coe | Strontian via Ardgour | 62 | Sunart Camping | 41, 49, 40 | Food The Boathouse Ardgour | |
| Mon | 14-May | Strontian | Lochailort via Loch Shiel | 54 | Lochailort Inn | 40 | Visit Ariundle Oakwoods. Food Glenfinnan Dining Car & Lochailort Inn | |
| Tue | 15-May | Lochailort | Peanmeanach | 7 | Peanmeanach Bothy | 40 | Food Lochailort Inn | |
| Wed | 16-May | Peanmeanach | Arisaig | 21 | Invercaimbe Camping | 40 | ||
| Thu | 17-May | REST | Invercaimbe Camping | Camusdarach & Traigh Beaches | ||||
| Fri | 18-May | Invercaimbe Camping | Ashaig | 48 | Ashaig Campsite | Ferry | Ferry 1/2h Armadale - Mallaig >5/d Neil SYD-ZCH EK415 6am Arr. 8.20pm. |
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| Sat | 19-May | Broadford | Camasunary via Spar Cave | 40 | Camasunary Bothy | 32 | Visit Spar Cave Neil jetlag |
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| Sun | 20-May | Camsunary | Sligachan | 49 | Sligachan Camping | 32 | Visit Loch Coriusk & Glen Sligachan Neil fly to Edinburgh |
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| Mon | 21-May | Sligachan | Culnamean | 25 | Glenbrittle Camping | 32 | Visit Fairy Pools & Coire Lagan Neil assemble bike |
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| Tue | 22-May | REST | Neil train to Kyle of Loch | |||||
| Wed | 23-May | Culnamean | Shiel Bridge | 87 | Shiel Bridge Camping | 32 | Ferry | Glenelg ferry from 10:20am. Neil limber up |
| Thu | 24-May | Shiel Bridge | Ardarroch | 52 | Sanachan Bunkhouse | 33 | Loch Duich & Eilean Donan Castle. Food The Bealach Cafe & Kishorn Seafood Bar Meet Dad near Stromeferry |
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| Fri | 25-May | Ardarroch | Applecross via Sgurr A'Chaorachain Summit | 20 | Applecross Camping | 24 | Rassal Wood. Food Applecross Inn-side Out Ice Cream & Applecross Inn |
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| Sat | 26-May | REST | ||||||
| Sun | 27-May | Applecross | Uags Bothy | 8 | Uags Bothy | 24 | ||
| Mon | 28-May | Uags Bothy | Shieldaig/Torridon | 60 | Torridon Youth Hostel | |||
| Tue | 29-May | Explore | Torridon Youth Hostel | Hike Beinn Alligin |
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| Wed | 30-May | Torridon | Big Sand | 55 | Sands Caravan and Camping | 19 | Visit Fairy Lochs & Collie na Glas Letire. Food Badachro Inn & Whistle Stop Cafe. |
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| Thu | 31-May | Big Sand | Gruinard Bay | 49 | Gruinard Bay Caravan Park | 19 | Visit Isle of Ewe Smokehouse & Loch Kernsary. |
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| Fri | 1-Jun | Gruinard Bay | Badrallach | 87 | Badrallach Camping & Bothy | 19 | ||
| Sat | 2-Jun | REST | ||||||
| Sun | 3-Jun | Badrallach | Contin | 71 | Riverside Chalets & Caravan Park | Visit Lael Forest Garden & Corrieshalloch Gorge. |
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| Mon | 4-Jun | Contin | Inverness | 30 | Torvean Caravan Park | |||
| Tue | 5-Jun | Inverness | Aviemore | 52 | Rothiemurchus Camp & Caravan Park | |||
| Wed | 6-Jun | REST | ||||||
| Thu | 7-Jun | Aviemore | Blair Athol | 86 | Blair Castle Caravan Park | |||
| Fri | 8-Jun | Blair Athol | Morenish | 69 | High Creagan Caravan Park | |||
| Sat | 9-Jun | Morenish | Millarochy | 70 | Millarochy Bay Camping & Caravanning | |||
| Sun | 10-Jun | Millorchy | Glasgow | 55 | Ref. FRG8JLR3 3h20m **Change this booking |
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| Mon | 11-Jun | Glasgow Edinburgh |
Edinburgh Zurich |
Chez Kim & Nick | Train Fly |
Edelweiss Air LX8311 Ref. WIBVVB Dep. 7:35pm Arr. 10:50pm |
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