Day 9 LEJOG Inveraray to the Great Glen Hostel at South Laggan

Today was the day of castle's,lochs and Ben Nevis.

After eggs benedict for breakfast(jummy) we left the Loch Fyne Hotel just after 8.
We cycled to the other side of Inverary where I took a picture of the local castle which I had missed the day before.
Cycling out of Inverary we soon we going uphil(13%) and this continued for another 8miles although at a less steeper graidient(3-5%).We were on our way to Connel and after getting over the summit we stopped to take some photo's of the beautiful scenery and longhorn cows.

We stopped for coffee/hot chocolate at a hydropower visitor centre along side a loch with the most amazing mirror image.

We continued to cycle along more lochs and spotted some more castles either in the loch or on the side.

The 1st waterstop was at Connel and next to an old iron bridge.

After a 10min stop we cycled on,now heading for Fort William on the A82.This was a long stint of 33m so we stopped a couple of times for photos and sorting out small bike and garmin problems.

Somewhere halfway between our 1st waterstop and our lunch stop I spotted a lovely golf course with some snow covered mountain tops in the background.

After our lunch stop at 65m we headed for Fort William and it was after cycling through this town that I saw a white painted bike attached to a fence which happened to be a memorial of a cyclist who had died there.

It was not long after we could see Ben Nevis and it snow capped peak.

We then cycled on the Spean Bridge and as we were all quite tired we stopped for a cup of tea at a local mill shop.

We finally arrived after a long day and 95 miles at the Great Glen Hostel just past South Laggan

Here we were treated to diner made by our staff and Jim said it was the best diner(chili con carne) and pudding(apple pie with custard) of the whole trip!

Today:distance 94.87m,moving time 6hr18min,avg speed 14.8mph,max speed 32.9mph, elevation 3386ft

Total distance:790m,total moving time 53hr15min,total elevation 32179ft