The first day that Hillary hasn’t been up at 6am! In fact I distinctly heard soft sussurations of a gentle rumbling nature from the direction of her bed close to 6:30am.

Finally got our act together and caught the train …

John informs me the average temperature while riding today was 10C. Almost no rain or wind. So easy.

OK, the 400m in 5 k climb, with 2 km of 1:10, out of Fort Augustus wasn’t the greatest start but the …

What a doddle! Short, flattish, light winds, no rain, warmish.

Big thrill was seeing boats speed through the hydraulically operated locks and swing bridges of the Caledonian Canal. So much faster than the manually operated, older, smaller locks further south. …

Beautiful day. (Relatively) warm especially as I’ve now started riding with a T-shirt under my jersey for warmth. Only a few minor showers.

Wind below 7 knots from every direction in different minutes.

Traffic heavy mix of tourist self-drives, trucks, …

How many times can one get lost getting out of Clydebank? Lost count, big chunks of Clydebank, Patick have been demolished and rebuilt in various ways. Throw in the motorway and not quite linked bike paths and it is a …

and trip down memory lane for me (and a little for Hillary).

Slept in! Till 7:30.

Total business of the day was ‘memories’ of being a uni student here 41 years ago.

First up a walk through Glasgow uni at …

A bit slow getting going today because of all the hills yesterday. Also the first half kilometre from the farm was up quite a steep hill. Anyway after a breakfast of bacon, eggs, hash browns, haggis and blackpudding we were …

Chilly again this morning but miracle! Sun shining occasionally, wind down to 7 knots and less in amongst the trees. DAY warmed to nearly 15C by 2 pm.

Today was modern arts day; started with a 12 km ride to …

Stiff and a bit sore today. Full breakfast didn’t help much. Wind still blowing, 6o C when we got up, rain less frequent. Left Lead Hills past a lady wild camping with her son, cooking breakfast over a gas burner …