The day in numbers
- 64 miles
- 4hr 44min in saddle
- 13.6 mph average speed
- 38.9 mph maximum speed
- 2,680 feet of climbing
- 4,226 calories burned
A day of sunshine, showers and hail, which I can tell you is very painful to ride in (a bit like riding with someone throwing gravel in your face).
After the beautiful scenery of the past two days, this was a day to “just get the miles done”. Although there were plenty of pretty views today too. How could there not be, when my journey took me along the Great Glen past Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and (best of all) Loch Ness. I didn’t see any monsters, apart from a 15% hill that went on for ¾ of a mile! I hadn’t appreciated how far ¾ of a mile was, but when you’re busting your lungs on a steep hill you count every inch!
Saw plenty of other cyclists out battling the elements, but didn’t have the chance to exchange many words with them. I guess the route options narrow the closer you get to JoG, so you see more folks on bikes doing what I’m doing. I will be looking with interest at the weather forecast for tomorrow, as a day of full-on rain would not be pleasant.
Joan’s bit
The day started well with a donation from Imogen at the Old Pines hotel.
After sorting through the pictures from the previous few days I set off to catch Stephen and found the monster at Fort Augustus, Nessie, not Stephen !!
No laundry or bike repairs for me today, so I had a leisurely drive along the shores of Loch Ness before arriving at our lovely Castle in Dingwall. It’s a lovely place, the room is very large with two king size beds !! We’ve just had dinner and it was excellent, especially chocolate parfait. It’s off to sleep now, having caught up with missing pictures from the earlier blogs.
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- Leaving the hotel
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- The Monster
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- Lock on the Loch
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- Urquhart Castle
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- Loch Ness
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- Oh dear
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- Into the showers
