Day 7 - Glencoe to Evanton (Alness)

We set off around 9am, up Glencoe in spectacular scenery and swarms of midges (yes Will, there were swarms). Toby's self-assumed authority in midge entomology, was quickly questioned when the theories that midges only bite at night, don't come into the caravan and only bite when in swarms, were clearly not true. However, going up Glencoe was fantastic, and the weather was great. We cycled up to Fort William, passing Ben Nevis (shrouded in cloud). Next we went alongside Lochs Lochie, Oich and then onto Loch Ness. The weather was the best so far on this trip. During our lunch, we saw two cyclists pass by who had also left Land's End last Saturday (on an 8 dayer also), having also seen them near Carlisle the other day. We caught up with them after lunch, and pushed on to Inverness and over the Black Isle. At 90 miles, Ben 'hit the wall' and we needed to stop to take more food and energy gels, in order to get through the rest of the day. We crossed back onto the mainland, past the Black Isle Brewery, and with alot of self restraint, then onto the campsite in Evanton (near Alness).

The weather today was great, initially overcast then sunny and no wind. We finished the day off with a takeaway curry! That should keep the midges away. In total we cycled 111 miles in 6hours 40 minutes in the saddle at an average of 16.3mph. One more day.