We had a leisurely 55 ish miles to cover today. After a relatively early start 8.45ish from Glencoe YH (with not much brekkie inside us) we made our way to Fort William. We arrived in quite good time (about 10.15ish) and then spent quite some time faffing (not even shopping!). Must have been something to do with the fact we didn't feel in a hurry and had not eaten nearly enough food.
Sian had her brakes adjusted in the bike shop (having worn the pads almost away!). OK so she should have done it herself, but when there's a willing young man why bother? Then we trapsed up and down Fort William High Street being fussy about where to have our morning coffee & snack. After eventually having a coffee, we decided that it was close enough to 12 to have lunch.
We had a jacket pot in the cafe at the station and eventually left Fort William at 12:30ish.
The sun was well and truly out by this point, so we had a lovely ride in the sunshine alongside the Nevis mountains (including Ben himself). We stopped to appreciate the view at the Commando Monument just passed Spean Bridge. Then along Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and into Fort Augustus where we had our first opportunity for Nessie spotting. After a hot choc & snack beside the locks at the top of Loch Ness we were on our way.
We made it to the Loch Ness YH, just outside Invermoriston at about 4:15. A beautiful days ride and a beautiful setting to spend the night. We were tempted to have a quick swim in the Loch but after dipping our toes in strangely lost the urge and settled for a spot of sunbathing instead!
We are just waiting for our star support crew to arrive, so have already taken the pannier racks off our bikes ready for 2 days of riding lovely unladen bikes. Off to look out for Nessie again now whilst waiting for our tea to arrive.....just munching the last of our snacks (yummy prunes!)
Stats for the day:
57.9miles; 4 hrs 44mins ride time; 1844 Cals; Ave Speed 12.2mph
Mishaps - 1 pannier jumped off Sian's bike in Fort William but luckily didn't damage itself, the bike or Sian!! (It was at this point Lucy decided Sian needed food pretty soon!)
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