CYCLING DAY 23 Fort William – Invermoriston 38.85 miles, 10.6.2011

The first thing we did was to leave early in the morning to drive to Fort William. Parked the van in the station car park and collected the bike from the storage cupboard. From Fort William onto the A830 and turn right on to the B8004. This is a single track road up to Clunes and turned out to be one of the nicest routes of the whole end to end. It was wonderful, cycling on a road weaving in and out, up and down, being overlooked by Ben Nevis on our right, looking down into the valley and this is all part of the Great Glen Way. At Clunes the road became a track into Clunes Forest alongside Loch Lochy. Although the countryside was stunning, the track is not good for hands and knees. Too many bumps and at the end of the day you know it. So we went back on the A82 at Laggan Locks, cycling past Loch Onich. At the Bridge of Oich we considered to cycle on the canal towpath along the Caledonian Canal but again the track was disappointing. A youngster may love it on a mountain bike, I don’t. At Fort Augustus – The Gateway to Loch Ness – we decided to stay on the A82 to Invermoriston where we are camping, overlooking Loch Ness and it is a beautiful position they have given us. We keep looking for that monster!
We kept meeting people along the way, on a tandem, on single bikes and walkers, passing on information and it is nice to meet folk with whom we share the outdoors.
After we arrived at the Loch Ness Caravan Park in Invermoriston we left the bike at the campsite; took the bus to Fort William, picket up the van and drove back to Invermoriston. Pff..