Day 8 started in Kilmarnock with a slight mist. Like most days on the trip we managed though to be either above or below the main bad weather. Today was our first real taste of Scottish countryside and we were cycling by the coast for the majority of the morning. After the last couple of city days this was very welcome. First stop was in Largs for a lovely coffee in an Italian coffee shop by the coast. Bliss! Almost makes the cycling worth it. (just almost!)
Then its onwards towards Inverary. Lunch was at a botanical
garden after a blistering run by the now named "South African Pelothon" (jason, paul, angela, gareth, dan, ian and myself). As the fitness is starting to improve we are getting towards the ending earlier and earlier each day so we arrived in Inverary about 4pm. The last 20 miles were a bit soul destroying as you could see where we had to go on the other side of the Loch but had to cycle the whole Loch in order to come back!
garden after a blistering run by the now named "South African Pelothon" (jason, paul, angela, gareth, dan, ian and myself). As the fitness is starting to improve we are getting towards the ending earlier and earlier each day so we arrived in Inverary about 4pm. The last 20 miles were a bit soul destroying as you could see where we had to go on the other side of the Loch but had to cycle the whole Loch in order to come back! |
| Colour TV has hit Inverary |
Inverary was gorgeous. Very quiet and secluded and like going back 20 years in time as you can see from the pic. We stayed in a Loch Fyne hotel with spa and swimming pool so were really feeling quite spoilt for the day. The food was superb in the restaurant but after using up about 5000 calories in the day, haute causine didnt really fill us up so a little excursion was made to the local chippy
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