Day 10 - The Fort William-Loch Ness-Inverness Express

After a nice lie-in and the latest start we’d made so far, we headed out of Fort William and toward the Lochs (Lochy and Ness). Inevitably, the A82 was busy with foreign tourists, but the traffic was tolerable and the surface good. Staying level with the lochs meant that the profile was relatively flat compared with previous days, and there were no significant ascents.

The weather seemed to be holding up well, with low winds and a fair bit of sunshine. We passed a few cyclists around Loch Ness, but there weren’t too many about (most likely others preferred the tracks or the minor roads). We stopped briefly after about half the mileage for some food after making good progress over the first couple of hours.

After about 40 miles, the roads ahead were quite wet. We had narrowly avoided some heavy showers, by the looks of things. The roads continued to be wet, but we managed to avoid cycling in any rain. By the time we hit Inverness, the skies were blue and the sun was shining. We arrived around 2pm, our earliest arrival yet, having averaged 16mph over the 65 miles.