Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 5, 2024

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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36.3 km

Grey Cairns of Camster

Two well preserved Neolithic chambered cairns. Excavations in 1865 found pottery, flint tools, bones and skeletons. It's now managed by Historic Scotland and open to the public (a short walk …

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91.8 km

View of Loch Calder

Loch Calder is a Scottish SSSI and Greenland white-fronted geese, graylag geese & whooper swans can be seen here. Osprey have also been sited.

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105 km

Scrabster Lighthouse and Holborn Head

Scrabster Lighthouse or Holburn Head Lighthouse (spelt differently to the headland) was completed in 1862. It was decommissioned in 2003 and the two keeper’s cottages are now holiday accommodation.

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109 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.07 km

79.7 km

28.5 km

Surfaces

15.9 km

92.4 km

1,000 m

Elevation

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Monday 15 September

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Loch Calder & the Cairns of Camster loop from Thurso

Grey Cairns of Camster

View of Loch Calder

Scrabster Lighthouse and Holborn Head

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