23/09/2012

Day 23 Fort William to Irvine

                                              A kiss from my mascot's!

We had a great rest as it were, and by rest I mean, visiting a campsite, cleaning everything, my bike, Billy our van, our laundry and having a proper shower. It felt good and we're ready for another week of sadomasochism.

It was a great day for cycling and as we were making our way a bit differently towards the same place the mileage also changed. Originally the days cycling would've taken us from Lochggillphead to Irvine which is 74 miles but today took us from just outside Fort William to Irvine which was much further, in fact 130 miles.

I have included these two photo's so you can see the deterioration of my energy as the day went on, from standing to sitting...

Again it was mountains, this time not as bare, rugged, and menacing as the mountains from last week. These were more spaced, green, soft but huge. I also found myself speeding through pine forests at high speed and almost eating the aroma as I whizzed by, it was truly glorious.

So at the end of day 23 and we're back in business and on track, tomorrow it's a relatively short run from Irvine to Girvan and then later on to Northern Ireland...?

Last picture of the day and bringing the total to 1979 miles.

Thank you kindly to all who donates to freely, we wish you all the very best.