WORDS AND PICTURES IAN MILNE
Inverness-based Ian Milne and his wife Catherine took to the saddle to traverse Scotland’s mighty geographical fault line – the Great Glen, avoiding traffic and Nessiehunters by picking their way along forest tracks and quiet by-ways, through some stunning Highland scenery
Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen
THE MILNES
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Ian, aged 58, and Catherine, 51, belong to the Cycling UK Highland member group, as well as being members of an informal Highland Audax group. Ian is also a member of the Ross-shire Roads CC. He rode his first Audax in 1994 and since then has completed seven SR series, two PBPs and an LEL. His first PBP was in 1999, and the second 20 years later in 2019. “I thought I’d better have another crack at it while I still have it in me,” he says. “I think I can also lay claim to the first RRtY completed entirely in the Highlands, in 2013 – unless, of course, someone knows different.”
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