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TerryJ
Guest
just got back from doing a circle from Huntly to inverness, bettyhill,
jog, inverness, back.
Weather was great, except for 1/2 a day of rain at thurso to jog.Wind
strangely managed to turn with us so that we had only 1/2 a day without
headwind.
I will not be doing inverness to bettyhill into the wind with tent etc
again in one go.
The midges are out.They have always liked to bite me and I react well.
i wore 100%deet on exposed parts and hair from set off to shower and had
no problem with bites until one evening in bettyhill I had a shower then
went to the top of the rise behind the pub to get a phone signal with
no deet on. In 15mins I got 30plus bites all over my scalp. They seemed
especially to like the hair and only a few bit my face and neck.
Another man i met later in helmsdale had hundreds if little bites all
over especially his legs.His repellant was french and the contents not
available for conversation.
I was really pleased with the 100% deet.I had no problem with it melting
my clothes or gear, although I may have been a little bit careful about
avoiding obvious contact with plastics.Pertex sleeping bag, Event fabric
anorac, nylon socks and tights seem ok.
By the way, if a highlander tells you the road ahead is fairly flat he
means it's not like cockbridge to tomintoul, but it all seemed pretty
hilly to me, and I normally ride in the white peak .
The A9 jog to inverness is fine to ride, at least at this time of
year.Some parts require reasonably careful driving , but Compared with
Derbyshire roads I would say it is not bad.
The drivers were outstandingly careful around cyclists up there.In 6
days we had only one driver who buzzed us at speed peeping and waving at
us to get out of his way and into the gutter.He was so exceptional I
wondered whether he might be english.
TerryJ
jog, inverness, back.
Weather was great, except for 1/2 a day of rain at thurso to jog.Wind
strangely managed to turn with us so that we had only 1/2 a day without
headwind.
I will not be doing inverness to bettyhill into the wind with tent etc
again in one go.
The midges are out.They have always liked to bite me and I react well.
i wore 100%deet on exposed parts and hair from set off to shower and had
no problem with bites until one evening in bettyhill I had a shower then
went to the top of the rise behind the pub to get a phone signal with
no deet on. In 15mins I got 30plus bites all over my scalp. They seemed
especially to like the hair and only a few bit my face and neck.
Another man i met later in helmsdale had hundreds if little bites all
over especially his legs.His repellant was french and the contents not
available for conversation.
I was really pleased with the 100% deet.I had no problem with it melting
my clothes or gear, although I may have been a little bit careful about
avoiding obvious contact with plastics.Pertex sleeping bag, Event fabric
anorac, nylon socks and tights seem ok.
By the way, if a highlander tells you the road ahead is fairly flat he
means it's not like cockbridge to tomintoul, but it all seemed pretty
hilly to me, and I normally ride in the white peak .
The A9 jog to inverness is fine to ride, at least at this time of
year.Some parts require reasonably careful driving , but Compared with
Derbyshire roads I would say it is not bad.
The drivers were outstandingly careful around cyclists up there.In 6
days we had only one driver who buzzed us at speed peeping and waving at
us to get out of his way and into the gutter.He was so exceptional I
wondered whether he might be english.
TerryJ