This morning was awesome, we got a 30 minute lay in. MAGIC.
We then drove back to the Ben Nevis visitors center and started our planned 96 mile day to Tain, near Glenmorangie (where the whiskey is made).
We noticed that we had a single massive 1500 ft ascent around inverness way.... so we cleverly stuck to the A9, and as if by magic the ascent was nice and easy... stupid MapMyRide keeping us of the main roads. Thinking back, I think a whole bunch of Wales and the Lake District may have been easier if we went for the longer routes.... but then that would have made us a bunch of girls ;-)
We rode down the whole of Loch Ness (with Phil along for the jaunt)... which, it turns out, is a very long piece of water.... sadly lacking in monsters, DRATT!
Then into Inverness. Inverness is a very windy place, and the big bridge in the middle, which name I should know, is AWESOME. We stopped in the middle.... I was wondering "why are more people not walking over this"..... MY GOD IT IS WINDY, and the bridge moves, moves a lot. It was really pretty cool, and just a bridge, sad really but the view was fantastic.
The main road out of Inverness, the A9, is another A road it is best not to ride on bikes, but unlike other cities the locals just left us to it i.e. they did not swear at us loads. I guess being on the best route for the End 2 End they are just used to seeing cyclists.
We stopped 17 miles short of our destination, and Phil joined us again. We quickly headed off the A9, on some "better and quicker" route found by MapMyRide... which was actually very direct. We decided to ride like Bastards, and almost killed Phil on the flats, but it was nice to "open up" the old legs ;-) 30mph on the flats is good fun, if not a little tiring.
We got to Tain, ate, and I am now sat in a pub writing this blog.... this is getting silly now.... bye.
Sonny
P.s. massive thanks to Rachel and Tim for the kind donation in the pub
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