So the start of Day 7 started basically the same as any other day, wake up stupidly early to shower, coffee, breakfast get changed and leave and head for the hills!
The only new challenge this morning was navigating our way out of Glasgow, which although having a terrible reputation it is a lovely city. Its a bit like London in that there are bits which are horrible and neglected but then there are other areas which are developed and lovely and the people were very nice and friendly, some trying to race Nick, others shouting and all very happy to help with our navigational issues. After successfully escaping Glasgow we started to head towards Loch Lomond.
The views from the side of the road were amazing and for the first time in a while there were very few dark clouds in the sky and although still windy and chilly, the day was a nice enough day. We also struck some serious luck on the road along side Loch Lomond (the A82), it had a road surface which was less than favourable to bikes, however on the side their was a lovely super smooth path which was wide enough for a bike... made the morning fly by and before we new it, we were meeting Laura for lunch.
The afternoon started off badly, massive hill after massive hill, with almost no downhill, it felt like we were going to keep on climbing forever! Finally, we reached the top. What then followed was possibly everyone's favourite moment of the trip so far, its started amazingly when we were just about to leave to start finally going down hill and Diegan fell over when his foot got stuck in his pedal, almost taking Frazer with him... everyone was in stitches and I almost could not breathe. We then composed ourselves and started going downhill for what seemed like an eternity, it was amazing, surrounded by the most amazing scenery and with very little cars we had an amazing journey down towards Ballachulish. Deffo one of my highlights of the trips so far.
(Reading this back it sounds like a very simple thing to get excited about when you read, but trust me if you were there... it was very special.) Photo shows it all...
After the long down hill, we had a swooping journey around Loch Linnhe into Fort William where we made camp and dinner and are getting ready for or penultimate day tomorrow!
In fact I am currently writing this blog at the camp site, laptop perched on top a washing machine in a WiFi hotspot, which also doubles as a washing room. Very very random!
Last thing I wanted to add was that I know I keep going on and on, but everyone knows the reason we are doing this... so please please please can you take a moment to donate any amount which you can... 213 people read this blog about day 6 yesterday, if everyone who reads this newest blog today donated just £1 then that would be huge! So please donate a couple of quid to help raise our total, I promise it really is a massive motivator for us!
Our just giving is http://www.justgiving.com/WAMDSAD-e2e
Thanks again,
Lynch
The only new challenge this morning was navigating our way out of Glasgow, which although having a terrible reputation it is a lovely city. Its a bit like London in that there are bits which are horrible and neglected but then there are other areas which are developed and lovely and the people were very nice and friendly, some trying to race Nick, others shouting and all very happy to help with our navigational issues. After successfully escaping Glasgow we started to head towards Loch Lomond.
The views from the side of the road were amazing and for the first time in a while there were very few dark clouds in the sky and although still windy and chilly, the day was a nice enough day. We also struck some serious luck on the road along side Loch Lomond (the A82), it had a road surface which was less than favourable to bikes, however on the side their was a lovely super smooth path which was wide enough for a bike... made the morning fly by and before we new it, we were meeting Laura for lunch.
When in Rome...
The afternoon started off badly, massive hill after massive hill, with almost no downhill, it felt like we were going to keep on climbing forever! Finally, we reached the top. What then followed was possibly everyone's favourite moment of the trip so far, its started amazingly when we were just about to leave to start finally going down hill and Diegan fell over when his foot got stuck in his pedal, almost taking Frazer with him... everyone was in stitches and I almost could not breathe. We then composed ourselves and started going downhill for what seemed like an eternity, it was amazing, surrounded by the most amazing scenery and with very little cars we had an amazing journey down towards Ballachulish. Deffo one of my highlights of the trips so far.
(Reading this back it sounds like a very simple thing to get excited about when you read, but trust me if you were there... it was very special.) Photo shows it all...
Happy Bikers
After the long down hill, we had a swooping journey around Loch Linnhe into Fort William where we made camp and dinner and are getting ready for or penultimate day tomorrow!
In fact I am currently writing this blog at the camp site, laptop perched on top a washing machine in a WiFi hotspot, which also doubles as a washing room. Very very random!
Last thing I wanted to add was that I know I keep going on and on, but everyone knows the reason we are doing this... so please please please can you take a moment to donate any amount which you can... 213 people read this blog about day 6 yesterday, if everyone who reads this newest blog today donated just £1 then that would be huge! So please donate a couple of quid to help raise our total, I promise it really is a massive motivator for us!
Our just giving is http://www.justgiving.com/WAMDSAD-e2e
Thanks again,
Lynch
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