We knew that this was a relatively short day so we aimed to get to Loch Ness and have the afternoon off. That being the case we were up and off for 7.30 am, dropping down into Glencoe village and the local store for breakfast cereal bars. Luckily, the shop also had a good arrangement with the Hostel and they let me leave the key that I had brought with me from the hostel.
We followed the A82 again, stopping to take photo’s from the bridge at Ballacullish and then having the pleasure of riding alongside Loch Linnhe to Fort William where a real breakfast beckoned. There we found cyclists heaven – a café next door to a bike shop. After a look around the bike shop we were into the café and had breakfast chatting to some chaps who had been out on canoes for a few days.
Than back on the bikes with Andrew and I managing to do a full lap of the town centre before we caught up with John and Richard. Back onto the A82 our next stop was the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge before riding along the banks of Loch Locky and through Invergarry to Fort Augustus. Again it was time to eat so we bought food from the local store and ate at the side of the locks of the Caledonian Canal. For the first time we found ourselves in a place filled with tourists but we enjoyed the atmosphere and it was the only time throughout the trip that we had the pleasure (?) of listening to a piper.
Richard had decided to cook a meal, seeing as we anticipated an early finish, so the ingredients were bought and we set off for the hostel at Loch Ness, for once arriving before 5.00 pm. Although we had not managed to have a free afternoon, we had enjoyed a good hour or so at Fort Augustus and we all relaxed into a pleasant evening. We all visited the loch side at some time, but found midges in abundance!
We followed the A82 again, stopping to take photo’s from the bridge at Ballacullish and then having the pleasure of riding alongside Loch Linnhe to Fort William where a real breakfast beckoned. There we found cyclists heaven – a café next door to a bike shop. After a look around the bike shop we were into the café and had breakfast chatting to some chaps who had been out on canoes for a few days.
Than back on the bikes with Andrew and I managing to do a full lap of the town centre before we caught up with John and Richard. Back onto the A82 our next stop was the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge before riding along the banks of Loch Locky and through Invergarry to Fort Augustus. Again it was time to eat so we bought food from the local store and ate at the side of the locks of the Caledonian Canal. For the first time we found ourselves in a place filled with tourists but we enjoyed the atmosphere and it was the only time throughout the trip that we had the pleasure (?) of listening to a piper.
Richard had decided to cook a meal, seeing as we anticipated an early finish, so the ingredients were bought and we set off for the hostel at Loch Ness, for once arriving before 5.00 pm. Although we had not managed to have a free afternoon, we had enjoyed a good hour or so at Fort Augustus and we all relaxed into a pleasant evening. We all visited the loch side at some time, but found midges in abundance!
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