Cycling Oban to Campbeltown on NCR78 The Caledonia Way

This cycle trip took place in October 2019. It started off at Ardrossan harbour long term car park where we aprked up our van, having travelled up from Yorkshire. We then got a train from the harbour station to Glasgow, followed by another train to Oban. The train journey to Oban is reputed to be one of the most scenic train journeys in the UK: it certainly lived up to that reputation The following day we bagan our cycle trip from Oban to Campbeltown cycling along the Caledonia Way on NCR 78. We stopped overnight at Kilmartin and then Tarbert where we discovered that the ferry from Campbeltown stops sailing at the end of September. After some head scratching we decided to re route and cross over to Arran the following day, via the Claonaig to Lochranza ferry. The re route turned out pretty good and we stayed in Brodick for two nights as the guest house was so nice. The next day we decided to do a circular day ride over the mountain on the String Road to Blackwaterfoot and then back to Brodick. Of course we had to stop at the Velo Cafe at Lagg which is obligatory if your cycling around Arran! After good weather for most of this trip the bad weather which had plagued the rest of the UK finally arrived just as we finished our last ride of the trip. The timing could not have been better which made us laugh as we looked out of the guest house window. The next day we caught the early morning ferry to Ardossan and back to the van. We loaded up our cycles and drove home. What an amazing trip this was!!

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