Day 7 - Loch Lomond to Dingwall

We spent the night at Ardlui Hotel, situated at the North end of Loch Lomond. The view of the lake was stunning.

After a superb full Scottish breakfast with porridge and everything, we collected our bikes from where the hotel manager had locked them up for the night. We then made preparations for the day ahead. This usually involved a smothering of Assos cream (for your sore bits), mixing the drinks bottles with energy powder and distributing the energy bars we ate to keep us going.

There was a really long and sharp climb out from Loch Lomond. The highlight of the day was passing Glen Coe wich was breath-taking. We climbed over 1000ft then had the pleasure of coasting all of the way down to the bottom. Andy and I lost Paul on the climb but he soon caught us up by slip streaming a caravan!

Natalie flew to Inverness and caught the train over to Drummendroichit where Becky picked her up. We all met up at Loch Ness then carried on our way to Dingwall.

When we reached Dingwall we met with Becky and Natalie then drove to Inverness where we planned to stay the night at the Youth hostel there.