(Image credit: Graham Cottingham) Editor's Note: At the time of publishing, the 2026 Highland Trail 550 is in full swing. It started on Saturday morning, so competitors are currently on their third day of riding. Graham has stopped for just six hours and 25 minutes since then. It’s been raining more on than off for the last 60 hours, but in this remote valley, sandwiched between towering mountains, it’s really coming down hard now. I squint at my GPS, I’m still on track, although there isn’t even the suggestion of a path or trail through the bog in front of me. I trudge on, knowing I have at least another couple of hours of pushing across waterlogged ground and over a mountain pass before I will be able to start riding again. This is Fisherfield, and it’s considered the crux of the Highland Trail 550, a bikepacking race that has earned a reputation for being extremely attritional and unforgiving. The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!…