This was not the Plan! - Bikepacking the West Coast of Scotland - Part 3 of 4

My latest multi day bikepacking adventure sees me travel on my own, on my road bike, from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, via Islay, and the Campbelltown peninsula, to Oban, Fortwilliam, Invergarry, Kyle Of Localsh, Strathcarron, and the famous Bealach Na Ba climb to Applecross in the north west of the Scottish Highlands, over the course of 4 days.
Join me in this video as I travel from Invergarry along the road towards Kyle of Localsh, and the Isle of Skye, stopping at Eilean Donan Castle, before heading further north to Strathcarron. The scenery on this ride, along the main road from Inverness to the Isle of Skye, and then along the shore of Loch Carron was absolutely amazing!
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[@Ken-jp1gr]

Ridden all those roads, but on a motorcycle, the main road to Skye is another road I wouldn't cycle on. Coming back from the far north once in torrential rain I could hardly see where I was going. Would be terrifying on a bicycle. Great scenery though on a good day.

[@connormcc]

Yea I loved that road for scenery, less so for the traffic

[@daveansell2418]

Good work Sir! Did you stay in the Lochcarron pub/hotel, used to be run by biker but a strange place. Night before I attempted Bealach where it all went wrong! Good luck with the weather!

[@connormcc]

I stayed in the Strathcarron hotel, and bizarrely Bill Bailey way staying that night too, very random! Stay tuned for the Bealach video in 2 weeks!

[@SwampyDuckRidesAgain3636]

Yes the videos don’t really do it justice be it wet or a glorious day you really have to be there and experience the Invergarry to Lochalsh road. If you think it’s bad for traffic you should see the east side of Skye it’s like a race track, they spoilt Skye when they built the bridge.
Now for part four.

[@connormcc]

it really was stunning, even if it was a big main road, the bit from Localsh around to Plockton, Stromeferry and Strathcarron was also incredible!

[@benjaminburley-ward5098]

What gear do you have on your handlebars may i please ask,i see a torch, GPS, but what's the other thing? Do you perhaps have two cameras? One on your head and one on you handlebars?

[@connormcc]

I’ll be doing a bit of a kit video soon, but yea, I have a See Sense Beam + light, my Garmin Edge 1040, and the other thing is my insta360 x3 360 camera, which is how I get some of the footage of me on the bike