I have entered this event and just arranged all the travel and accommodation. You have to be committed to go this far for a ride!
I am travelling up on the Thursday night sleeper and could not book a cycle place on the Invernes so am going to Aberdeen. The train from Aberdeen to Inverness has been advertised as having a section with bus replacement and will have to cycle to Inverurie where the train starts again. Catch the train to Inverness and then ride to Dingwall. There is a train that I can catch if the weather is against me.
Accommodation booked for Dingwall and should get some sleep before the anti-social 5am start. I understand that there will be sleeping in Ullapool before the final leg to Dingwall.
For the return I am on the 9:40am from Inverness direct to London.
£120 in rail fares (Inverurie to Inverness will be extra) and £40 accommodation in Dingwall.
I have cycled quire a lot in Scotland in the last few years and am slightly addicted to the long isolated roads. Expensive but should be worth it.
Anybody else making the trip?
BB