Fond memories of tea-fuelled cycle from Caithness to Land s End By Contributor Published: 09:52, 07 March 2021
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The Gospel Pass in South Wales.
As the icy weather recedes into early spring, cyclists emerge again from hibernation.
I remember setting out 15 years ago on this very day for a bike ride down the country. My first day was over-ambitious, all the way to Bonar Bridge, imagining I was as fit as Iâd been the previous summer.
It should have been a pleasant ride over the Loch Buidhe road from the Mound but I was already shattered, and that night had such heart palpitations I reckoned Iâd have to call in at the Raigmore on the way past.
Loch Buidhe route closed to motorists By Caroline McMorran Published: 09:00, 01 March 2021
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A Sutherland road is being closed for two weeks from today to allow underground electrical cables to be installed.
The Loch Buidhe road between the Garvary access and its junction with the A9 trunk road at Cambusmore Lodge was shut to motorists at 6.30am today.
A stretch of the Loch Buidhe road closed today and will not be reopened until Monday, March 15.
It will not reopen until 11.30am on Monday, March 15.