The route is from Inverness to Glasgow: ~700km long with ~9000m of ascent via 6 checkpoints (all post boxes or telephone boxes). This is one for the route planning junkies as there some BIG choices to make regarding route and surface.
The trial consists of a start point, 6 checkpoints, and an end point. You chose the route passing through these checkpoints.
Tweet a timestamped photo at the start, at each checkpoint, and at the finish.
Checkpoints
Chose your own route passing through the following points:
Start: Inverness Castle: 57.475918, -4.225477
Mandatory parcours: from Inverness to Dingwall along Sustrans route 1
CP1: Telephone box and post box (The Craigs); 57.881628, -4.576174
CP2: Torridon telephone box: 57.549351, -5.51597
CP3: Applecross Inn (kudos to those who find and post the lat/long of the post box near there): 57.432745, -5.816003
CP4: Arnisdale post office: 57.134483, -5.569177
CP5: Dalavich post office: 56.263314, -5.280957
CP6: Brisbane street post office (Greenock): 55.949831, -4.768082 [ferries are allowed as long as they run perpendicular to the coast i.e. you are crossing a strait]
End: George Square, Glasgow: 55.861159, -4.250149
Debrief: Trans-Europe Cafe: 55.856292, -4.245473
Entry
Step 1 - book travel/accommodation as per below (most TRC riders will follow this itinerary but by all means do your own thing):
Book sleeper train with bike reservation to Inverness to arrive on Saturday morning
Book train with bike reservation from Glasgow sometime Monday morning