Ray saw a red squirrel in the grounds of the hostel thus morning.
We had no breakfast and hope to find somewhere to stop en route.
We got to the ferry in plenty of time and sat in the sun and rain.
Looking back into Lochranza.
The ferry crossing was a quick smooth half hour.
Ray clearly got hungry after about 20 miles out and he charged ahead and found a café called Rumble Tums where we had an excellent Scottish breakfast, with square sausage, local black pudding, soda bread beans, bacon and egg.
We got chatting to a couple and their granddaughter and very kindly Donnie gave us money towards our charities.
Donnie, advised us on our route to Glencoe, and although slightly longer, I'm sure it was less hilly. Don't however be lulled into false sense of security, it was still very hilly. Donnie said that we should stop at a cafe just out of Appin after a big hill. The hill was steep, but it's not what I call a hill anymore!
Ray got a puncture from a pot hole just as we entered Oban.
We stopped at a bike shop for some puncture repair kits and to pump the tyres up fully, but the shop keeper gave us a Scottush welcome, by saying that we need to take the biked out of the shop as he was expecting customers, so we took the pump round the corner to use it. Needless to say he had no other customers in the time we were pumping up the tyres.
Oban, is where my gran used to go on holiday to every year, I don't think much has changed, apart from a reduction in the number of fishing boats.
We sat on the promenade having our lunch, watching the ferrys coming and going.
When we left Oban, I cycled ahead to find a wee stop, I put the bike where Ray should have seen it, but he didn't. Therefore there was confusion over who was in front. We met up again at the next turning, but a lesson learnt.
We had a nice cycle track for a long part of the way from Oban if only they had marked it we would have used it more.
The views along the coast were great, and it was sunny.
Just as we arrived in Glencoe we thought that we were going to get soaked, but it was just the weather reminding us not to get complaisant.
When we arrived in Glencoe, we spotted that the only shop closed within have an hour, so we got some things for dinner and breakfast. I found this a hard task, as I could see things that I wanted to eat there and then, but had a hard times thinking of things too cook for dinner. We finally chose oven bake baguettes, haggis sausage slices, eggs, spaghetti hoops, fried bread. Okay so not the healthiest or most balanced, especially when washed down with Irn Bru.
We did just short of the 100 miles, at 95.22 miles
We can hear another cuckoo and this is the view from the lounge.
Cheers
Paul
Riding the length of the UK so you don't have to ;)
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