Corrieyairick Pass

Today was the big day, the culmination of the training so far this year, the Corrieyairick Challenge.
This is a duathlon in which one runs from Fort Augustus over the pass to the end of the public road heading west from Laggan and then gets on the bike and cycles 40 miles to the Badaguish Centre near Aviemore. It is a fundraising event for the Speyside Trust which provides outdoor activity holidays for people with disabilities.
We left at 7am (after porridge) by bus to Fort Augustus (about 40m above seas level) and started running shortly after 9.30, steadily uphill, some bits steeper than others (and a few downs to add a 110m or more to the ascent) to the pass at 770m. The weather was perfect, sun and cloud, not too hot and not too breezy except near the top. I managed to run most of it and avoided falling on the rough descent.
The main pic is about half way up, the others, the view from the top and Ruthven Barracks which we passed on the cycle. This was on a minor road down the glen (only traffic 2 cycles), north to Kingussie, across the valley past the barracks and north to the Cairngorm ski road and a tough final 4+ miles uphill to the Centre.
Run - 13.28miles, 3hrs.12mins
Bike - 39.4miles, 3 hrs 16mins
Plus changeover, water and photography breaks. 
An old description of the Pass:
It's worth remembering of course that at the time the Wade road was built, traffic over it would be on foot, wheeled vehicles in the highlands being a rarity. One person said: The whole road is rough dangerous and dreadful, even for a horse. The steep and black mountains and the roaring torrents rendered every step the horse took frightful, and when he attained the summit of the zig-zags up Corrieyairack he thought that the horse, man and all would be carried away, so strong was the blast. Soldiers occasionally died on the pass from over-fortifying themselves with whisky, make sure it doesn't happen to you!