Our morning dawned bright and calm with some beautiful views across the lochs and mountains.
We left the hotel on time at 8 am and almost immediately we were into a steady climb out of the valley that went on for about 8 miles. We had a bit of an incident when some stupid idiot went to overtake our line of 4 and almost put an oncoming vehicle off the road. Horns blared and the offending driver got some abuse but no one was hurt.
After the climb we had a long descent to Loch Awe and then on to Oban.
After drinks we turned North East and headed along the shore of Loch Creren then back to the coast, heading towards Fort William. I was feeling it a bit in my legs at this point and was beginning to hang off the back off the group but they slowed a little and after a coffee stop I picked up a bit and we headed into a late lunch at 65 miles.
The stunning scenery continued after lunch and with broken clouds the sun occasionaly managed to get on our backs a little and warm us up as well.
We pulled over for another coffee break in Fort William and did a bit of people watching in the sun for half an hour and headed off to visit the Commando's memorial at Spean Bridge and then knocked off the last 10 miles or so along Loch Lochy to tonight's accommodation in a hostel.
Tonight we are sleeping 8 to a room! With the staff cooking us a dinner. The hostel takes me back to my school days, having to make your own bed up etc, but it's clean and warm. We have had a booze run so we should have a laugh tonight after the meal.
Tomorrow we cycle alongside Loch Ness up towards Inverness.
Today's stats 94 miles approx 6000ft climbing.
Onwards and upwards!
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