by miami mike » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:33 pm
Hi everyone, I have agreed to help some friends complete an end to end cycling challenge this year, driving their vehicle to and from each overnight stop on the northern half of their trip, which will cross the Cairngorms via Braemar and Tomintoul, in return for them paying for my accommodation and food. It will make a nice change from sleeping in a tent when up in Scotland. Not sure about having to be sociable in the evening though, I do like my own company when on bagging trips normally.
So I can't plan any huge days out, I can't get going really early nor leave them getting cold in their lycra and clippie cloppy shoes for hours at the evenings accommodation while I am still on a hill.
I have already been up all the Munro's that are reasonably accessible in the Southern Cairngorms, so I am thinking of taking my own bike to shorten some days. Ben Avon looks like it might have potential, and I was wondering if anyone can recall how much of the walk in is cyclable from either the A93, or from Tomintoul, and how far you could reach on a road/gravel bike. Vehicle space means I may even be on a folding small wheeled bike ( a cheap version of a Brompton if anyone is wondering). I'm pretty confident on a bike so a bit of unsurfaced gravel won't bother me too much so long as its hard packed and fairly smooth.
Beinn Iutharn Mhòr and Càrn Bhac from Inverey looks like it needs a mountain bike from the photos I have been able to find? Again any personal experience will be appreciated.
Or I might just start on the Corbetts this year!