Saturday 20th September
Today Mileage miles 65 ∑Total to date 691 miles J
We’ve all decided that no matter what England, Wales and Ireland have to offer, there’s nothing like coming back to bonny Scotland!! And Scotland was bonny when we arrived in Troon from the ferry in Larne and cycled all along the coast to Largs. John was a man on a mission, conscious of timings as we had 2 ferries to catch in our island hopping today. We sampled the best of Largs ice cream and coffee in the ultra busy Nardinis coffee shop. Corinne struggling today with a sore hip, however Joan plowed her with non prescription drugs and these mixed with Lucozade energy tablets seemed to do the trick.
Motored on to Gourock where a very kind man on a Western Ferry let us over to Dunoon for free gratis because of raising money for charity. Calmac had offered a free crossing for bikes and Jimmy’s van but the Western Ferry crossing meant a few miles off the journey. Jimmy still went by Calmac. Crossing to Dunoon was glorious over the Clyde Estuary with lots of little yachts bobbing about.
Cycled the whole length of Loch Eck and then John and Tina, the uber-fit decided they had enough energy to cycle the spur down from Ardno to the accommodation in Lochgoilhead, aptly named “Hells Glen”, a lot of ups and downs, with John enjoying the drop of 1:5 at one point. Joan and Corinne decided to pootle on round the side of the loch, taking photos and admiring the scenery especially looking back down Loch Eck, towards hills that look familiar, we think The Cobbler being one of them. We are not sure what is running through John and Tina’s veins – Joan and Corinne think they are on some illicit drugs – we will be testing them at some point!! Anyhow, Joan and Corinne got a lift from the point at Ardno where we will start from tomorrow, so we don’t really feel as if we are cheating!
Today Mileage miles 65 ∑Total to date 691 miles J
We’ve all decided that no matter what England, Wales and Ireland have to offer, there’s nothing like coming back to bonny Scotland!! And Scotland was bonny when we arrived in Troon from the ferry in Larne and cycled all along the coast to Largs. John was a man on a mission, conscious of timings as we had 2 ferries to catch in our island hopping today. We sampled the best of Largs ice cream and coffee in the ultra busy Nardinis coffee shop. Corinne struggling today with a sore hip, however Joan plowed her with non prescription drugs and these mixed with Lucozade energy tablets seemed to do the trick.
Motored on to Gourock where a very kind man on a Western Ferry let us over to Dunoon for free gratis because of raising money for charity. Calmac had offered a free crossing for bikes and Jimmy’s van but the Western Ferry crossing meant a few miles off the journey. Jimmy still went by Calmac. Crossing to Dunoon was glorious over the Clyde Estuary with lots of little yachts bobbing about.
Cycled the whole length of Loch Eck and then John and Tina, the uber-fit decided they had enough energy to cycle the spur down from Ardno to the accommodation in Lochgoilhead, aptly named “Hells Glen”, a lot of ups and downs, with John enjoying the drop of 1:5 at one point. Joan and Corinne decided to pootle on round the side of the loch, taking photos and admiring the scenery especially looking back down Loch Eck, towards hills that look familiar, we think The Cobbler being one of them. We are not sure what is running through John and Tina’s veins – Joan and Corinne think they are on some illicit drugs – we will be testing them at some point!! Anyhow, Joan and Corinne got a lift from the point at Ardno where we will start from tomorrow, so we don’t really feel as if we are cheating!
3 comments:
Well done everyone - and welcome back to Scotland. Hope corinne's hip is OK now. We are all getting organised for the meeting up in Fort William, then Inverness, and of cours J O'G. See you Tuesday.
Judith
Can't believe how quickly it's gone past and that you're on the home leg already!Dad says he's looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday and that he hopes you've time to wash his socks and pants! Love Denis
Well done - I can imagine that John would like Ireland if he's getting freebies!! We're set to see you all on Wednesday & looking forward to it. Take care of the hip Corinne.
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