Woke on day 3 to the normal Skye weather... low cloud, mist and rain.
We zipped up (no waterproofs) and did the western loop... cutting back to Portree across the mountains along another single-track pass.
A cup o tea to warm up and back to the mainland over the Skye Bridge at Kyle of Lochalsch.
Past Eilean Donan Castle on the way to Invergary on Loch Oich. Road closed so a detour to Loch Ness and through Fort Augustus... by now it had stopped raining and the roads had dried so we didn't mind at all. More awesome roads...
My camera battery died at this point so there aren't too many pics from here on... mostly crappy iPhone pics. From Invergary to Fort Willian it chucked it down... would have been stunning scenery and a fantastic road to ride. By now our leathers were soaked so we had to stop often to try warm up... next stop Glencoe...
A mecca for walkers and climbers, my camera lens isn't wide enough to capture the huge mountains and rugged beauty at Glencoe. It was 18h00 and the sun came out to warm our cold, wet bones...
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| Freedom! |
From Glencoe we started to look for accommodation... at 20h00 we eventually found some basic lodgings at Tyndrum (home of The Green Welly Stop!). Dry and warm... we had a great meal and a few pints at the lively Paddy's Bar and Grill
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| We found a home for Steve's 25 year old Vermar lid... George Lucas inspiration |
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