Another fantastic day; mainly sunny and warm; incredibly lucky to have seen the best of glens and peaks in the best sunshine. A tougher day though, 72 miles, 4000' feet climb, mainly towards the end of the day too which was harsh (but expected).
From Fort William, they went to the Speen Bridge Commando Memorial, then onto
Fort Augustus, a little town on edge Loch Ness.
Anorak corner: an interesting flight of 5 wide locks on the Caledonian Canal...connecting one side of Scotland to the other. Views of Ben Nevis, which had cloud on top.
They then cycled two third length of Loch Ness, including the classy visitors centre, but no sign of any wee beastie. Then onto Drumnadrochit and a steep climb to Dingwall.
Staying in an excellent B & B near there, with a highly hospitable landlady who also made a generous donation.
The scenery has now changed and is quite flat, apparently with very fertile soil, so they saw fields of wheat and corn, compared to spartan moors with stubby grass.
Ade is concerned with Richard's mental health as he is obsessed with road signs. He has to stop and take photos every time, which is ok in the back of beyond, but Ade fears what will happen back down south.
Not so far tomorrow...and only 2 days to go!
From Fort William, they went to the Speen Bridge Commando Memorial, then onto
Fort Augustus, a little town on edge Loch Ness.
Anorak corner: an interesting flight of 5 wide locks on the Caledonian Canal...connecting one side of Scotland to the other. Views of Ben Nevis, which had cloud on top.
They then cycled two third length of Loch Ness, including the classy visitors centre, but no sign of any wee beastie. Then onto Drumnadrochit and a steep climb to Dingwall.
Staying in an excellent B & B near there, with a highly hospitable landlady who also made a generous donation.
The scenery has now changed and is quite flat, apparently with very fertile soil, so they saw fields of wheat and corn, compared to spartan moors with stubby grass.
Ade is concerned with Richard's mental health as he is obsessed with road signs. He has to stop and take photos every time, which is ok in the back of beyond, but Ade fears what will happen back down south.
Not so far tomorrow...and only 2 days to go!
3 comments:
Excellent to hear that the good weather is holding. I've got my fingers crossed for the next 2 days (as I'm sure do you).
Glad to hear it is going well, and hopefully the flatter terrain will be nice over the last two days.
Two cyclists are riding along on a tandem, when suddenly, the one on the front slams on the brakes, gets off and starts letting air out of the tires.
The one on the back says: "HEY! What are you doing that for!?"
The first nerd says, "My seat was too high and was hurting my butt. I wanted to lower it a bit."
So the one in the back has had enought. He jumps off, loosens his own seat and spins it round to face the other direction.
Now it's the first guy's turn to wonder what's going on. "What are you doing?" he asks his friend.
"Look mate," says the rider in the back, "if you're going to do stupid stuff like that, I'm going home!!"
Mark says if my jokes dont get better he is going to sack me - so P45 in the post! Lynne x
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