Oh look, another Loch
Dalmally to Fort William: 59 miles
Directions for the day: leave B&B, cycle alongside Loch A, turn right by Loch B and left by Loch C, cycle alongside Loch X, arrive at destination by Loch Y - so in summary we've seen lots of Lochs today. The route is now on slightly busier roads, mainly as there just aren't the country roads up here that you find in (e.g.) Devon, so spent most of the day getting buzzed by coaches and the occasional lorry, so not the best days riding ever, but not too bad as the scenery made up for it, so long as you like Lochs... The route was almost totally flat today which meant we were all able to zip along at a reasonable pace.
Had lunch at a bizarre place, Holly Tree hotel. The food was nice but the woman running the place was unbelievable. We thought it was just us (as some people are a little anti-cyclists) but when I left the only other person having lunch in there came up to me and said "was it just me or was she the most miserable old cow you've ever met" which I think was a pretty accurate summation. Entered into Scottish Highlands just before lunch. Seems odd that there is still another 4 days and 200 miles to go before we reach the top - even though we've done 850 miles already there is still the equivalent of London to York left to do.
Staying in B&B on outskirts of Fort William, a tatty run down little town which seems to (just about) survive on the Ben Nevis tourist trade.
I would have attached a picture of a Loch but frankly once you've seen one you've pretty much seen them all...
Stats for the day:
Time spent cycling: 3hrs 41mins
Average: 15.8 mph (highest so far)
Max 40mph
Lochs seen: ZZzzz
Directions for the day: leave B&B, cycle alongside Loch A, turn right by Loch B and left by Loch C, cycle alongside Loch X, arrive at destination by Loch Y - so in summary we've seen lots of Lochs today. The route is now on slightly busier roads, mainly as there just aren't the country roads up here that you find in (e.g.) Devon, so spent most of the day getting buzzed by coaches and the occasional lorry, so not the best days riding ever, but not too bad as the scenery made up for it, so long as you like Lochs... The route was almost totally flat today which meant we were all able to zip along at a reasonable pace.
Had lunch at a bizarre place, Holly Tree hotel. The food was nice but the woman running the place was unbelievable. We thought it was just us (as some people are a little anti-cyclists) but when I left the only other person having lunch in there came up to me and said "was it just me or was she the most miserable old cow you've ever met" which I think was a pretty accurate summation. Entered into Scottish Highlands just before lunch. Seems odd that there is still another 4 days and 200 miles to go before we reach the top - even though we've done 850 miles already there is still the equivalent of London to York left to do.
Staying in B&B on outskirts of Fort William, a tatty run down little town which seems to (just about) survive on the Ben Nevis tourist trade.
I would have attached a picture of a Loch but frankly once you've seen one you've pretty much seen them all...
Stats for the day:
Time spent cycling: 3hrs 41mins
Average: 15.8 mph (highest so far)
Max 40mph
Lochs seen: ZZzzz
posted by Chris Pugh at 5:17 pm
1 Comments:
Too bad about Fort William. I had been thinking about taking my son up there on that fast train and hiking or biking for a weekend.
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