

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cycling in the Straths 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 08:00 am (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Cycling in the Straths, the norths friendliest sportive, returns on 23rd May 2026 with its 2 iconic routes through beautiful Mackay Country. Choose from:

The Strathnaver Challenge a 92 km ride leaving Tongue towards Bettyhill, riders will then head inland through Strathnaver, scene of some of the most notorious acts in the Highland Clearances, to Altnaharra, along Strathmore and back to Tongue.

The Ben Hope Trial is a 72 km route with riders starting and finishing in Tongue on a circuit via Altnaharra and Strathmore. Riders first head south towards Altnaharra where they will join the later half of the Strathnaver Challenge route. 

Both routes take you through country rich in natural and cultural heritage, through the newly designated World Heritage Site 'The Flow Country', important for its blanket bog and the species it supports, to testaments to 8,000 years of human occupation such as the enigmatic Dun Dornaigil Broch at Hope.

Both routes are marshalled, with water and feed stations serving homemade flapjacks amongst other goodies, and a broom wagon following up in the rear.

On your return to HQ enjoy a complimentary homemade bowl of soup and sandwiches, tea and coffee, and some more of our homemade flapjacks.

Why ride Cycling in the Straths: 

 Unrivalled scenery on some of the quietest roads in the country

 Finisher's medal

 Feed stations along the route

 Friendly staff

 Fully insured

 Marshalled route with Broom Wagon

 Complimentary soup and sandwiches on your return

All money raised through Cycling in the Straths supports community heritage projects in our area.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wick/cycling-in-the-straths-2026/200029511952620
- **Event Categories**: sports, trips-adventures, cycling, contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 67

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.cyclinginthestraths.co.uk/entries?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wick-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wick
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Tongue Village Hall
- **lat**: 58.477610264481
- **long**: -4.413682
- **full address**: Tongue Village Hall, Tongue, By Lairg, Wick, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cycling in the Straths (https://allevents.in/org/cycling-in-the-straths/23774253)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 08:00 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tongue Village Hall, Tongue, By Lairg, Wick, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cycling in the Straths
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, trips-adventures, cycling, contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cycling in the Straths 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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