In reply to Saor Alba:
> It's forest roads for much of it so no.
> The A82 is a death trap for cyclists and I would never do that intenionally.
> North of Fort Augustus, on the south side of Loch Ness, the roads are lovely and quiet but quite hilly.
> Sustrans is meant to be opening up the old railway line as a cycle route.
> A compromise might be a cyclocross bike and take the canal path to FA from FW. It's too rough for a pure road bike.
> The best thing would be to take a mountain bike and do the GGW to Fort Augustus and then South Loch Ness trail to Inverness.
Agree about the A82 death trap bit.
From a driving point of view ,the spring and summer months can be a nightmare.
It's the groups of cyclists that cause the problems ; the tailbacks ,and then the crazy overtaking manoeuvres .
Nothing against the cyclists.their choice to cycle on the road.but I wouldn't cycle any of the A82