Rain clouds gathering as I approach Ardgour for the ferry-blue skies & sun one minute but it starts to rain as we board, and then really tips it down on the way over - heaviest we've had so far and I sit there waiting for the ticket collector to collect the fare, but we get to the other side before he gets to me and his mate waves me off - free ride!!
Rain all the way into Fort William, but the riding gear is all o.k and I'm dry, got the weird crab claw looking overgloves on and they're brilliant. Pull in to fill up with fuel in Fort William and guess who's there? - Nige & Steve - so the intrepid trio are back in formation and off we go next stop Cluanie Inn as the rain shower stops. The other two say it's been dry the way they came.Nige gets there ten minutes or so before the other two who have taken a planned little detour. We grab a table and decide to have soup & baked potatoes for lunch - Nige says he's having soup & coffee and pops off to the toilet. Al decides to have the same and orders Niges as well for him. Next thing, a coffee is plonked on the table virtually straight away and then Nige comes back. 'Ordered your soup and coffee for you' says Al - 'already sorted that whilst waiting for you' says Nige. So, Nige gets two soups and Al gets two coffees. as it's too late to cancel the order apparently.
Suitably replete, we turn head off and turn right just after Eilan Donnan to go over towards Torridon and Ullapool. We meet the the rain again at Ullapool so take a bit longer filling up at the petrol station as do a number of other bikers so it gets a little crowded under the canopy.
It's only about 30 miles to Inchnadamph and we get there for around 17:00.
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