Loch Morlich

Route
There's no official route guide available so you'll have to make do with the GPS map.

Review
To be updated soon.

Summary
Highlight: A nice mixture of terrain particularly the double track
Lowlight: A lot of forrest road
Summary: A nice if not too taxing or exciting day out.
Ride Rating: 6

Stats
Date: 06/06/09
Pedaling time: 4hr 47min
Distance: 37.5km
Max speed: 46.5km/h
Total ascent: 925m
Total descent: 943m
Puncture count: 0
Bike shop: Bothy Bikes at Rothiemurchus
Cafe: To start/finish head to Rothiemurchus' Ord Ban and for a mid-way break try Glenmore Forest Park Visitor Centre.
Riders: SC, DH, RI and AS

Driving from Glasgow
Distance: 140 miles
Travel time: 3 hours 15 mins
Directions: Multimap

Links
The handy and well-stocked Bothy Bikes.
The Forestry Commission's Glenmore Forest Park Visitor Centre.
The Rothiemurchus site.

Holiday in the Highlands

The first week of June saw some beautiful sunny weather giving us a taste of the summer ahead. Needless to say, that all changed for The Rusty Chain's weekend away in the Cairngorms. Pitching a tent is so much fun when its chucking it down.

Anyway the plan went like this:

• Friday - Laggan Wolftrax
• Saturday - Cross country from Rothiemurchus

We stayed at the Rothiemurchus campsite which has nice pitches among the pines, great showers and is only 5 minutes in a cab from the nighlife of Aviemore. Despite the rain for a good chunk of our stay we actually managed to miss most of it when on the bikes which was a real bonus.

The rides have been added as separate posts (Laggan Wolftrax, Loch Morlich and TBC) but a weekend to do a couple of days cycling in the area is thoroughly recommended, even if Aviemore on a Saturday night has come over all Blackpool with annoying stag parties.