{"id":347,"date":"2026-09-09T10:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iworm.co.uk\/?p=347"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:52:26","slug":"biking-across-scotland-thurso-to-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iworm.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/biking-across-scotland-thurso-to-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Biking Across Scotland &#8211; Thurso to Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bikepacking across Scotland - Thurso to Perth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VNAmXpfQVpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently took a week off to ride from Thurso back to home in Edinburgh. I&#8217;d never properly ridden the north east &#8220;Flow Country&#8221; and also aimed to ride right though Glen Affric on the way which I&#8217;d also not been all the way along before. Mostly, despite some harsh weather, it went well apart from snapping my saddle rails early on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently took a week off to ride from Thurso back to home in Edinburgh. I&#8217;d never properly ridden the north east &#8220;Flow Country&#8221; and also aimed to ride right though Glen Affric on the way which I&#8217;d also not been all the way along before. 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