{"id":5822,"date":"2014-07-22T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petestack.com\/blog\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:31:43","slug":"not-exactly-cluanie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petestack.com\/blog\/not-exactly-cluanie.html","title":{"rendered":"Not exactly ‘Cluanie’!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s known as the ‘Cluanie Horseshoe’, but what a daft name for a circuit that’s only really a horseshoe when taken from the north, with many miles of road separating the logical starting point up Glen Affric from Cluanie just a short crow’s flight to the south and no remotely tidy way to link its Munros and Tops from its ‘named’ side! So perhaps it might be better termed the ‘Cralaig Horseshoe’ when it’s readily identifiable with A’ Chralaig as its dominant (highest) peak and you’ve also got Coire na Cralaig and Lochan na Cralaig in there? But (call it what you will) post the question on Facebook…<\/p>\n

dig out the bike to cycle in by Loch Affric or take the shorter drive to mount a bloody-minded assault from the south?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And you get the answer from Marie Meldrum…<\/p>\n

Bike in, with me… TOMORROW!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So that’s exactly what we did. Except that tomorrow’s now yesterday and we had to chuck in a bonus Corbett as well (!) to give a day’s total of not quite 12 miles cycling and nearly 21 miles on foot, with c.1,500 and 9,000ft of ascent respectively for the two modes of transport…<\/p>\n

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But, since it would take me pretty well the 10 hours 38 minutes that took us (including a good couple of hours for bike stashing\/recovery and leisurely food\/camera stops) to describe the day in terms that do it justice, I’m just going to leave a selection of photos to speak largely for themselves with a few quick observations to get going. Like…<\/p>\n