Today started kindly on our morning legs with a relatively flat 20mile ride along the edge of Lake Linhie from Fort William to Glen Coe town.
Then we had the feared long climb up onto the Glen Coe pass which traverses the West Highlands and is a truly stunning route and was extremely busy on this sunny Sunday morning with thousands of motorbikes in particular.
We completed this 63 mile section in just under fiver hours with an average moving speed of 14mph.
We stopped at the top of Glen Coe for a photo and a generous Scottish man not only asked if we would like him to take the photo for us but also stumped up £10 for the lights appeal. An amazing gesture which provided us with a mental boost for day ahead.
How is the fund raising going at home?
The second part of today was kayaking the entire 25mile length of Loch Lomond.
It was perfect sunny Sunday on the loch and this brought an additional challenge to launch and avoid the many day users.
This amazing and beautiful setting helped overcome the monotony of paddling non-stop for five hours.
Our arms and backs will suffer in the morning but it will redirect the focus away from the growing saddle aches.
We finished at around 9pm and enjoyed a "Bob's special" supper and headed for bed.
Tomorrow is a straight forward 120mile down to carlisle area which includes some major cities and heavy traffic routes.
Our spirit remains strong and we will continue to update you.
Have a good week at home.
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Hi, hope you have a good day today and it's not too hot through the heavy traffic of the cities. not sure how much funds have been raised but i know the posters are up in town and loads of people are asking about it so here's hoping!! Hope the aches and pains aren't too bad this morning.
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