Thanks for all of your comments chaps, we were only ever heading as far north as Ullapool and had no plans for the NC500. I’ll leave that for another year... re the midges it wasn’t bad at all. Mainly because of the wind, it only takes a slight breeze (3mph iirc) to get rid of them but as soon as it drops they come back with a vengeance. Avon Skin So Soft will do the trick of stopping them biting you but they are still bloody annoying. Worse area for them on our trip was at a campsite around 25 miles from Loch Lomond...
Ok back to business now and time to get this report finished..
The night in Ardmair was bloody windy so none of us got a particularly good nights sleep... We were all looking forward to the days riding as we had some really good stuff planned for the day. As we left Ullapool and headed south the weather changed for the worse. Heavy and persistent rain followed us and we decided to pull over in Achnasheen and take a few minutes to put on additional layers and try to get warm. After maybe 15 minutes the sky started to clear so we set off again headed towards Kinlochewe and the on to Torridon and the famous Applecross Pass, Loch Carron then the Kyle of Lochash and over to Skye to hopefully spend the night under canvas...
Ok back to business now and time to get this report finished..
The night in Ardmair was bloody windy so none of us got a particularly good nights sleep... We were all looking forward to the days riding as we had some really good stuff planned for the day. As we left Ullapool and headed south the weather changed for the worse. Heavy and persistent rain followed us and we decided to pull over in Achnasheen and take a few minutes to put on additional layers and try to get warm. After maybe 15 minutes the sky started to clear so we set off again headed towards Kinlochewe and the on to Torridon and the famous Applecross Pass, Loch Carron then the Kyle of Lochash and over to Skye to hopefully spend the night under canvas...
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