Day 2 Go West

After a good nights sleep and a cracking self service breakfast we head round the bottom of Loch Lomond and then West to Helensburgh, up to Faslane and Loch Long on the A814 then onto the A83 to Inveraray.
It`s a bit blustery here and the pair of slackers ( Al`s affectionate name for us ) stop again for a coffee.

The temperatures are much cooler today, nowhere near yesterdays teashirt weather.











From here we head up to the Bridge of Orchy and onto the Glencoe road, not too much traffic and we can enjoy the sweeping corners without going too mad.

Nige is hungry again so we stop for the healthy option!

Once again as is going to be the norm for the rest of the trip we strike up a conversation with a local. The woman manning both the petrol station and the burger stall is called Alley Cat and although she tells us she dosen`t sctratch wer`e not so sure! I think she fancied Steve.......She does however pass on a bit of a warning about the local police who are keen to slow the bikers down in the area as there have been four deaths in as many weeks, a sobering thought.

We fill up the bikes and carry on. Heading North to Fort William, Fort Augustus and then on the absolutely cack Loch Ness road, full of traffic, greasy surface and dismal, in future I`m going to try to avoid being on here again, it`s horrible.

We stop in Beauly for five minutes and Steve gets a phone call, it`s team leader ringing from Russia wanting to know why wev`e stopped again?? Has he got trackers on us?

The bright red brake disks on Niges bike aren`t a sign that he`s showing gixxers & blades the way to go through the twisty`s ( I wish! ) It`s the reflection of a little red car parked next, but it looks good......

Off we go again after logging in with Al and the promise that we wont stop until it`s dark....which won`t be very long as it happens..

From Here it`s up to Ullapool on the A835 and the weather really starts to change. The skies blacken, the temperature drops to 3.0c and it starts to snow, oh joy. The accommodation can`t come soon enough as I`m hungry again ( There`s a pattern here, Steve. ) We pull into our second nights digs which is the very nice Ardvreck House a couple of miles outside the town centre.

After meeting and greeting the owner, Evelyn we freshen up and gratefully accept the offer of a lift into town from Duncan her husband. The owners here are a really nice couple who keep a spotless house and we will definitely be back again. It`s Indian night tonight and then into the Arch pub for several pints of Guinness. Magic.